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The Navy SEALs are born
In 1962, the Navy quietly created two teams that would change modern warfare.
Coming January 1
Dossier 04
Units History Forgot
The whole story includes the overlooked.
The stories in this series
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The Coast Guard takes its name
Two old lifesaving services merged and America got the Coast Guard.
Coming January 28
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The Raid at Cabanatuan
Army Rangers crawled across an open field to free 500 prisoners of war.
Coming January 30
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The Army Nurse Corps is born
After the Spanish-American War, Congress finally made women nurses a permanent part of the Army.
Coming February 2
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The Seabees get their name
The Navy needed builders who could fight, and they became the Seabees.
Coming March 5
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The bridge at Remagen
American soldiers raced across a bridge the Germans were trying to blow up.
Coming March 7
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The Army's K-9 Corps
America's first war dogs were donated by families across the country.
Coming March 13
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The Coast Guard Auxiliary is born
Weekend boaters became a volunteer force that helped guard America's coasts in WWII.
Coming June 23
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Task Force Smith
The first Americans to fight in Korea were sent with almost nothing.
Coming July 5
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The Rock of the Marne
Attacked from three sides, one regiment refused to give an inch.
Coming July 15
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Sergeant Carney's Flag
Shot again and again, he would not let the flag touch the ground.
Coming July 18
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The Maryland 400
A few hundred Marylanders charged again and again so an army could escape.
Coming August 27
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The Night Escape from Brooklyn
Fishermen from Marblehead rowed an entire army to safety under the enemy's nose.
Coming August 29
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Knowlton's Rangers at Harlem Heights
America's first intelligence unit was led by a hero of Bunker Hill.
Coming September 16
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Corporal Freddie Stowers
His Medal of Honor recommendation was lost for more than 70 years.
Coming September 28
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The Overmountain Men at Kings Mountain
A British major threatened the frontier. The frontier came to him.
Coming October 7
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Ambush at LZ Albany
Three days after X-Ray, another battalion walked into an ambush in tall grass.
Coming November 17
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The Son Tay raid
The raid went perfectly. The prisoners had been moved months before.
Coming November 21
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The secret sinking of the Rohna
More than 1,000 American soldiers died, and the Army kept it secret for decades.
Coming November 26
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Birth of the National Guard
The National Guard is older than the country it defends.
Coming December 13
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Nuts!
The Germans asked the Americans at Bastogne to surrender. The answer: Nuts!
Coming December 22
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The Leopoldville goes down
Five miles from France on Christmas Eve, more than 760 soldiers died.
Coming December 24
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The Dade battle
Of about 110 soldiers who marched out, only a handful lived.
Coming December 28