The North American F-86 Sabre swept-wing fighter plane exerted air supremacy over the Soviet’s MiG-15 fighter during the Korean War.

American revolutionary militiamen stood their ground on Breed’s Hill against twice as many British redcoats in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

American troops were assigned the nickname ‘doughboys’ in WW1 although the origins are not entirely known, many statues have been erected to commemorate the American Expeditionary Forces.

After trading blockades and service impressment, President Madison declared war in 1812, which constituted the second war between Britain and the US, both fought on American soil.

First coined after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which kicked off the Revolutionary War, “Shot Heard Round the World” was later used after the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Catching American Generals and GIs completely off guard, The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, when Viet Cong soldiers broke a truce and invaded over 100 cities in South Vietnam.

During the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Army’s main winter encampment was Valley Forge, where misery and death were an inevitability.