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January
- 1/16 Desert Storm (Persian Gulf) Began (1991)
- 1/27 Vietnam War Cease Fire (1973)
- 1/31 Panama Campaign Ended (1990)
February
- 2/1 National Freedom Day
- 2/2 Army Nurse Corp Established (1901)/Groundhog Day
- 2/3 USO Incorporated
- 2/13 Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Established (1943)
- 2/23 Iwo Jima Flag Raising (1945)
- 2/27 Persian Gulf Cease-Fire Day
March
- 3/3 Star Spangled Banner Day
- 3/19 Iraqi Freedom Began (Iraq War)(2003)
- 3/24 Kosovo Campaign Began (1999)
- 3/25 National Medal of Honor Day
- 3/29 Vietnam Veteran’s Day/Palm Sunday
- 3/31 Somalia Campaign Ended (1995)
April
- 4/6 Army Day/US Entered WWI (1917)
- 4/9 National Former POW Recognition Day
- 4/11 Desert Storm Cease-fire (Persian Gulf War)(1991)
- 4/12 Civil War Began (1861)
- 4/25 Spanish-American War Began (1898)
May
- 5/2 Women’s Overseas Service League Established (1921)
- 5/7 Unconditional Surrender of all German Forces Signed (1945)/National Day of Prayer
- 5/8 V-E Day (1945)/Military Spouses Day
- 5/13 Navy Nurse Corps Established (1908)
- 5/15 Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Established (1942)/Peace Officers Memorial Day
- 5/16 Armed Forces Day
- 5/21 American Red Cross Founded (1881)
- 5/22 National Maritime Day
- 5/25 Memorial Day
June
- 6/6 D-Day Invasion (1944)
- 6/12 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act (1948)
- 6/14 Flag Day US Army Established (1775)
- 6/22 Pledge of Allegiance Recognized by Congress (1942)/GI Billed Signed Into Law (1944)
- 6/25 Korean War Began (1950)
- 6/30 Post 9/11 GI Bill Signed Into Law (2008)
July
- 7/1 Women’s Army Corp & Cadet Nurses Corp Established (1943)/Air Force Nurses Corps Established (1949)
- 7/2 US Army Air Corps Established (1926)
- 7/4 Independence Day
- 7/27 Korean War Armistice Signed (1953)
- 7/28 WWI Began (1914)
- 7/30 Navy Women’s Reserves (WAVES) Established (1942)
August
- 8/4 US Coast Guard Established (1790)
- 8/5 Women Air force Service Pilots Established (1943)
- 8/7 Purple Heard Medal Established (1782)/Vietnam War Began (1964)
- 8/10 Spirit of ’45 Day
- 8/14 End of War with Japan announced (1945)/National Navajo Code Talkers Day
- 8/16 National Airborne Day
- 8/19 National Aviation Day
- 8/26 Women’s Equality Day, Women Win the Vote (1920)
- 8/31 Iraqi Freedom Ended (2010)
September
- 9/1 New Dawn Began (2010)
- 9/2 Japan Formally Surrendered (1945)
- 9/3 American Revolution Ended (1783)
- 9/10 Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron Founded (1942)/US Naval Sea Cadet Corps Incorporated (1962)
- 9/11 Patriot’s Day/National Day of Service and Remembrance
- 9/13 Grandparent’s Day/Rosh Hashanah
- 9/14 Ladies Auxiliary VFW Organized (1914)
- 9/15 POW/MIA Recognition Day
- 9/17 Citizenship Day
- 9/17 U.S.Constitution Approved (1787)
- 9/18 US Air Force Established (1947)
- 9/24 Gold Star Mother’s Day
- 9/29 VFW Day/VFW Established (1899)
October
- 10/6 Enduring Freedom Began (Afghanistan War) (2001)
- 10/7 Afghanistan War Began (2001)
- 10/13 US Navy Established (1775)
- 10/20 Women’s Army Corps Disestablished (1978)
- 10/23 Grenada Campaign Began (1983)
- 10/24 United Nations Day
- 10/27 Navy Day
November
- 11/10 US Marine Corps Established
- 11/11 Veteran’s Day/WWI Armistice Signed (1918)
- 11/23 USCG Women Reserve (SPAR’s) Established (1942)
- 11/21 Grenada Campaign Ended (1983)
December
- 12/1 Civil Air Patrol Established (1941)
- 12/5 Somalia Campaign Began (1992)
- 12/7 Peal Harbor Attacked (1941)
- 12/8 War Declared on Japan (1941)
- 12/11 Germany and Italy Declared War on US (1941)
- 12/15 Official End of War in Iraq (2011)/Bill of Rights Day
- 12/16 Battle of the Bulge
- 12/20 Panama Campaign began (1989)
- 12/31 Official End of WWII (1946)/Kosovo Campaign Ended (2013)
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