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Today in U.S. military history: Geronimo surrenders, and Robert E. Lee invades
Unto the Breach ^ | 4 September 2019 | Chris Carter

Posted on 09/04/2019 11:21:38 AM PDT by fugazi

Today's post is in honor of Capt. Raymond P. Salzarulo, Jr. who was killed when his F-4C Phantom was shot down by an enemy surface-to-air missile over North Vietnam on this day in 1966. Although no parachutes were spotted, Salzarulo's pilot, 1st Lt. John H. Nasmyth Jr., survived and spent the next 2,355 days as a prisoner of war. Salzarulo, a native of Hollansbee, W. Va. and a graduate of the Air Force Academy (Class of '64), served with the famed 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base. Originally listed as missing in action, his remains were identified in 1990 and he is buried next to the headstone for his father Ray Sr., a LB-30 Liberator pilot who was lost in an attack on the retreating Japanese fleet after the Battle of Midway, at Arlington National Cemetery.

1812: In Indiana Territory (near modern-day Terre Haute), Capt. - and future president - Zachary Taylor and 50 soldiers defended Fort Harrison against an attack by 600 Native Americans. One Indian crawls up to the blockhouse and sets it on fire, threatening to burn down the outpost. However, the flames made it easier to see the attackers, and although sickness left the garrison with just 15 able-bodied soldiers at the time of the attack, Taylor's heavily outnumbered force defeats the attackers and hands the United States her first land victory during the War of 1812.

1862: Gen. Robert E. Lee's troops begin crossing the Potomac River into Maryland, kicking off the Confederacy's short-lived invasion of the north.

1886: Worn out after being relentlessly pursued by the U.S. Cavalry, the feared Apache leader Geronimo surrenders to the Army for the last time.

1941: While enroute to Iceland, the destroyer USS Greer (DD-145) spots a German

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
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Incidentally, several of Ray Salzarulo Sr.'s brothers were pilots and all were listed as missing in action during World War II.
1 posted on 09/04/2019 11:21:38 AM PDT by fugazi
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2 posted on 09/04/2019 11:22:10 AM PDT by fugazi
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While enroute to Iceland, the destroyer USS Greer (DD-145) spots a German submarine. Although the United States is not yet at war with Germany, the sub launches a torpedo at Greer, who responds by dropping depth charges, becoming the first U.S. warship to fire on — and receive fire from — a German vessel. President Franklin Roosevelt responds by issuing an order which states that from now on, American ships or planes will shoot any Axis vessels they come across.

President Bite-me would profusely apologize to the Germans and tell Herr Schikelgruber that if he wants to invade Iceland it's OK with us.

3 posted on 09/04/2019 11:50:44 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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