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The USA’s Worst Military Disaster of Each Decade, 1940s-1980s (Part 4)

Click for part 3 Battle of Bataan, 1942   With many parallels to Britain's own catastrophic Fall of Malaya & Singapore, the USA lost its final foothold in the western Pacific after US forces fought for and lost the Bataan Peninsula on Luzon island in early April. US Commonwealth forces under the command of General Douglas... Continue Reading →

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The USA’s Worst Military Disaster of Each Decade 1820s-1870s (Part 2)

Click for part 1 USS Hornet Sunk, 1829 A large US Navy sloop-of-war was lost in 1829, albeit in a maritime disaster rather than a military one. The USS Hornet was a 440-ton ship armed with 20 cannon and had a distinguished record as the first U.S. Navy ship to capture a British privateer in... Continue Reading →

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