22 APRIL 1951 – CHINESE SPRING OFFENSIVE BEGINS

This video details the events of the Chinese Spring Offensive.

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“D-DAY: FREEDOM FROM ABOVE,” takes visitors to D-Day 1944 through the true stories of U.S. Army paratroopers.

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U.S. Army U.S. Army TRADOC As CPT Parker ordered his men to comply, a single shot from an unknown source triggered a skirmish; the British fired a volley and charged with fixed bayonets in a short fight that killed 8 and wounded 10 Americans.

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Only 314 U.S. soldiers were killed and 1,600 wounded between 22 and 29 APR; estimates of total Chinese and North Korean casualties numbered between 75,000 and 80,000 killed and wounded.

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Simultaneously, BG James Shields’ 3d Brigade of the 3d 'Volunteer' Div. attacked the remaining strongpoint and Mexican camp. Santa Anna was unable to re-position his guns to protect his flank and could not withstand the American onslaught.
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Of the airmen who landed in China, 8 were captured by the Japanese. Of these, the Japanese executed 3 and a fourth died while in captivity.

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U.S. Army CGSC DMH's Dr. John Hosler lead the latest Ft. Leavenworth Series: World Leaders of Wartime talk on King Henry II.
The series is part of an ongoing partnership w/Dole Institute of Politics.
Rewatch it here: doleinstitute.org/event/world-le…
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His 'everyman' perspective enabled him to write poignant eyewitness accounts of soldiers in combat that quickly became popular with the troops as well as the folks back home and earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1944.

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It’s especially important to recognize the role of military children, and the sacrifices that they make for our country as well.

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After months of preparation, the U.S. launched Operation EAGLE CLAW, an ill-fated Joint Force mission that included U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operatives, as well as Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force personnel.

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Aitape subsequently became the target of Japanese counteroffensives in the summer of 1944; the Allies stubbornly resisted these Japanese attacks, holding onto Aitape and its critical airbase.

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U.S. Army TRADOC 1LT Rex T. Barber engaged one bomber, hitting it in the fuselage, tail, and starboard engine before it crashed into the jungle below. 1LT Barber then finished off the already-crippled second bomber. Running low on fuel, the U.S. fighters broke off the engagement. #ArmyHistory

On 12 APR the German High Command ordered the unconditional defense of all cities and Hitler placed Reich Defense Commissioner Karl Holz in charge of the German Army around Nuremberg.

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Over 80,000 enlisted reserve soldiers and nearly 90,000 reserve officers served in WWI. A third of these reserve officers were medical doctors, and their contributions quadrupled the Army’s capacity to care for the sick and wounded.
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Grierson and his 1,700 horse troopers rode over 600 miles through hostile territory (from southern TN, through the state of MS and to Union-held Baton Rouge, LA), over routes no Union soldier had traveled before.
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U.S. Army TRADOC On 16 APR, the 305th and 306th Regimental Combat Teams landed and advanced inland toward Ie Town against increasingly stubborn Japanese resistance and counterattacks, including by explosive-laden sappers acting as human bombs.
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CGSC DMH's Dr. John Hosler lead the latest Ft. Leavenworth Series: World Leaders of Wartime talk on King Henry II.
The series is part of an ongoing partnership w/Dole Institute of Politics.
Rewatch it here: doleinstitute.org/event/world-le…
#EducatetoWin #DoleInstitute Army

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