1SG Private RallyPoint Member 862480 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-54269"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F3-aug-this-day-in-us-military-history%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=3+AUG--This+Day+in+US+Military+History&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F3-aug-this-day-in-us-military-history&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A3 AUG--This Day in US Military History%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/3-aug-this-day-in-us-military-history" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="9ffdc2ef5eb3f035bf2f7e6f24be7487" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/269/for_gallery_v2/d0ed7b4b.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/269/large_v3/d0ed7b4b.jpg" alt="D0ed7b4b" /></a></div></div>1950 – Eight Corsairs of VMF-214, the famed “Black Sheep” squadron of World War II, led by squadron executive officer, Major Robert P. Keller,launched from the USS SICILY and executed the first Marine aviation mission in the Korean War in a raid against enemy installations near Inchon. <br />After the F4Us delivered their incendiary bombs and rockets on their targets, the Marines concluded their greeting to the Communist troops with a series of strafing runs.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2005/08/04/august-3/">https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2005/08/04/august-3/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/019/243/qrc/blank.jpg?1443050339"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2005/08/04/august-3/">August 3</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">3 August 1492 - From the Spanish port of Palos, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail in command of three ships--the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina--on a journey to find a western s...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-08-03T09:55:18-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 862480

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2015-08-03T09:55:18-04:00 2015-08-03T09:55:18-04:00 Capt Walter Miller 862498

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>On this date in 1944, Patton's 3rd Army captured Rennes. It was off to the races on perhaps the best period of ground operations ever conducted by the US Army. Of course none of you Army guys know that.

2015-08-03T10:03:45-04:00 2015-08-03T10:03:45-04:00 LTC John Shaw 862701

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Loved the show based on their stories.

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