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26 Cards in this Set
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What years did the Revolutionary War span?
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1775 - 1783
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When & where was the Army awarded it's 1st Battle Streamer?
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1775 MAY 10 at the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga.
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When did George Washington become the 1st Commander in Chief of te Continental Army?
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1775 JUL 03
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When was the Declaration of Independance established?
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1776 JUL 04
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The Army received its 1st real training fron what former Prussian officer?
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Baron Friedrich Von Steuben
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In what year was the United States Constitutuion written?
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1787
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In what year did the war of 1812 END?
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1815
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What years did the Civil War span?
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1861 - 1865
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In what year was the Medal of Honnor established by Congress?
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1862
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When did the Secretary of the Army dedicate the song "The Army Goes Rolling Along"?
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Veteran's Day 1956
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What year was the Army Air Corps established?
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1926
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When did the "Star Spangled Banner" become the National Anthem by law?
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1931 MAR 03
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When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
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1941 DEC 07
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When was D-Day and what happened?
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1944 JUN 06, France was liberated when US and its allies stormed the beach at Normandy.
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When and what was VE-Day?
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1945 MAY 12, Germany surrendered.
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The 1st Atomic bomb was dropped when and where, and the plane's name was what?
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1945 AUG 06, on Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay.
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When and where was the 2nd Atomic bomb dropped?
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1945 AUG 09, on Nagasaki, Japan.
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TheNational Security Act of 1947 changed the War Department to what is known today as ...
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The Department of the Army
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The Army Air Corps seperated from the Army in what year to become what?
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1947 the Air Force was established.
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When was the Department of Defense created?
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1949 AUG 10
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The UCMJ was enacted in what year?
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1950
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When did President Eisenhower sign the Code of Conduct?
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1955 AUG 17
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When was the Army Flag dedicated?
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1956 JUN 14, 181st Anniversary of the Army.
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The Draft was extended til this year due to the outbreak of the Korean War...
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1959
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When was the position of Sergeant Major of the Army established?
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1966 JUL 04
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What date did the US and Russia sign a treaty officially ending the Cold War?
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1992 FEB 01
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