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03/03/2025

3 MARCH 1945 - LIBERATION OF MANILA

The monthlong battle for control of Manila, capital of the Philippines, culminated in triumph as the U.S. Army cleared the last strongholds of enemy resistance in the city center on 3 March 1945, putting the city in American hands for the first time since Manila had been declared an open city in December 1941.

The battle for Manila commenced on 3 February 1945 as U.S. forces converged on the city in a pincer movement, with the 1st Cavalry Division approaching from the north and the 11th Airborne Division from the south. Initial projections of a swift victory evaporated as Japanese resistance stiffened and bitter house-to-house fighting became the norm.

The XIV Corps slowly advanced into the city; the northern part of the city was divided into two sectors, with the 37th Infantry Division responsible for the east (including the old Intromuros citadel) and the 1st Cavalry Division for the west.

By the afternoon of the 8 February the 37th Infantry Division had cleared most Japanese from their sector; the costliest fighting occurred on Provisor Island, where enemy defenders held out at the small industrial center on the Pasig River until 11 February.

1st Cavalry Division units fought pitched battles near two water supply installations north of the city, but extended their control south of the river by 10 February. That night, the XIV Corps established separate bridgeheads on both banks of the Pasig.

The 11th Airborne Division, which had been fighting entrenched Japanese troops for control of Nichols Field since 4 February, made a final assault that secured the air base on 11 February and completed the American encirclement of the city on the night of 12 February.

Japanese resistance was ground down as the month progressed, and 37th Infantry Division elements began a bitter fight for control of the Intramuros citadel on 23 February, which ended when U.S. troops seized the Japanese redoubt within the massive Finance Building on 3 March.

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03/03/2025

In March of 1945, a soldier of the 87th Infantry Division steps on a picture of Adolf Hi**er in Koblenz, Germany. 🪖

03/03/2025

3 MARCH 1911 – U.S. ARMY DENTAL CORPS ESTABLISHED

The Army Dental Corps was officially established on 3 March 1911 by order of President William H. Taft as the first permanent command dedicated to dentistry within the Army Medical Department.

From 1775 – 1901, dental services were either the personal responsibility of soldiers or was provided by hospital stewards (enlisted medics) who by special interest or special training, limited their activities to providing dental care in conjunction with medical officers.

Army requirements during this period generally mandated that soldiers maintain enough teeth to bite off the end of the cartridge so that the gun powder and ball can be loader into a muzzle loaded rifle. In 1901, the Army authorized thirty contract dentists for an Army-wide program of dental care. Ten years later, the contract positions were converted to commissioned officer positions.

U.S. Army U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

03/02/2025

2 – 3 MARCH 1943 – BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA

In one of the most decisive demonstrations of the power of land-based aircraft in World War II’s Pacific Theater, U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bombers dealt the Imperial Japanese Navy a devastating defeat as Japan attempted to reinforce its garrisons in New Guinea.

A five-month lull in ground combat operations followed the Papuan and Guadalcanal campaigns as the Allies prepared for the second phase of the drive on the Japanese base at Rabaul, although there was much action on the sea and in the air. The Japanese made a major effort to reinforce their positions in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea.

On 1 March 1943, Allied scout planes sighted a large enemy convoy of eight destroyers and eight transports carrying about 6,900 troop reinforcements, with a 100 fighter-plane es**rt, from Rabaul to the Japanese position at Lae, New Guinea. Allied Air Forces, Southeast Pacific Area, commanded by Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, engaged the Japanese in what became the Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 2 – 3 March.

About 335 USAAF and RAAF planes based on Papua attacked the convoy, and assisted by 8 motor-torpedo (PT) boats in the mop-up phase on 4 March, did great damage. The Allies destroyed 12 ships, including all 8 troop-laden transports with 3,000 men. Only about 1,200 troops made it to Lae, and another 2,700 were rescued by destroyers or submarines and taken back to Rabaul. The Japanese also lost 20 to 30 planes in aerial combat. Allied losses in the three-day running battle were reported as 5 planes.

With Allies having achieved air superiority over the waters in this area, the Japanese never again risked sending a transport larger than a small coaster or a barge.

U.S. Army U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

03/01/2025

USAAF Boeing B-17 Radio Operator gun position.

The radio operator’s gun was designed to cover the upper fuselage between the tail and the top turret.

03/01/2025

In March of 1945, Marines of the 5th Marine Division at their machine gun position on Iwo Jima. 🪖

03/01/2025

RIP to Marine Sgt. Michael Strank, who was killed on Iwo Jima 80 years ago today.

- Bronze Star 🎖️
- Purple Heart 💜
- KIA on Iwo Jima 🪦
- Flag raiser on Iwo Jima 🇺🇸

Strank often told his squad, "Follow me, and I'll try to bring you all safely home to your mothers."

03/01/2025

In February of 1945, Corporal Virgil Burgess gives his dog, Prince, instructions on which foxhole to carry a message to during the Battle of Iwo Jima. 🪖

02/28/2025

28 FEBRUARY 1991 – OPERATION DESERT STORM ENDS

Over the course of just 100 hours, U.S. and allied ground forces in Iraq and Kuwait decisively defeated the battle-hardened and dangerous Iraqi military; President George H.W. Bush declared a victorious ceasefire on 28 February.

During air and ground operations, the U.S.-led coalition destroyed over 3,000 tanks, 1,400 armored personnel carriers, and 2,200 artillery pieces along with countless other vehicles. This was achieved at a cost to the United States of 96 soldiers killed in action, 2 died of wounds, and 105 non-hostile deaths.

With Kuwait liberated, U.S. forces immediately turned to humanitarian missions. They sorted out refugees, assisted the Kuwaitis in reoccupying their city, and helped them begin the long process of rebuilding. U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Corps of Engineer units set up food, water, and fuel distribution points and medical clinics.

The American instrument of war became a force for peace. The long struggle of reconstruction was just beginning as most of the victorious U.S. Army combat units headed home.

U.S. Army U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

02/27/2025

Sgt. Bill Kiehn “was killed carrying a sack of potatoes from one building to another” according to Band of Brothers.🪂

In reality, Kiehn was taking a nap in a basement when the building was hit by an artillery shell & the ceiling collapsed on him in Haguenau, France. He was killed in action on 2/10/1945. 🪦

02/27/2025

RIP to Marine Corps veteran, Gene Hackman. 🇺🇸

The Oscar-winning actor was found deceased with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and his dog in their New Mexico home. He was 95.

02/27/2025

27 FEBRUARY 1776 – BATTLE OF MOORE'S CREEK BRIDGE

In a small early engagement in the Revolutionary War’s Southern Theater, North Carolina militia crushed a Loyalist counter-revolution at the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge on 27 February 1776.

Soon after hearing the news of the 19 April 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord, Patriots in North Carolina began organizing Continental Army and militia units, while the province's Loyalists began their own recruitment efforts in the interior.

In January 1776, Royal Governor Josiah Martin learned that a British military expedition of 2,000 men commanded by Major General Henry Clinton was heading toward the southern colonies to suppress the rebellion and restore Crown authority.

He ordered the Loyalist militia to muster in anticipation of their arrival. The revolutionary militiamen and Continentals meanwhile mobilized to prevent the junction of the two enemy forces, and blocked the crossing at Moore’s Creek Bridge, about 18 miles north of Wilmington, North Carolina. To make the crossing more difficult, they removed the planks and greased the beams and stringers.

Expecting opposition from only a small Patriot force, the Loyalists advanced across the partially dismantled bridge. On the opposite bank, nearly one thousand North Carolina Patriots waited to open fire with cannons and muskets.

Lieutenant Colonel Donald McLeod led the Loyalists, many of whom were Scottish highlanders armed with broadswords, in a charge across the stringers that was met by volleys of musketry and artillery. When the smoke cleared, as many as 70 of their number lay dead and wounded, including the lifeless body of Lieutenant Colonel McLeod.

The shocked and now leaderless Loyalists either retreated in confusion or surrendered.

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