A Life Uncommon

Has our history become such a blur?

they wanted to remove the crosses...

 Those who fought through out the history of our nation are to be honored.

Is this nation so short sighted as too recognize these heroes of today to simply forget the heros of yesterdays lore.

Lore, all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

 

All gave some but some gave all.

Many fought for country in their idealism.

Those Ideals however have even been tossed by our very own governing peoples.

It is not only this time in history that we are to honor our Veterans.

Remember those who came before and what they fought for.

What are we fighting for now?

Where has our compass gone or what has it become.

For all of those who have kept compass and the ideal I solute you.

Do you see a time when there has not been a war?
If we could just remember our history.

18th Century

• American Revolutionary War, 1775 – 1783
  
  • Boston campaign, 1775 - 1776
  • Canadian Theatre, 1775 - 1776
  • New York and New Jersey campaign, 1776 - 1777
  • Saratoga Campaign, 1777
  • Philadelphia Campaign, 1777 - 1778
  • Western Theatre, 1775 - 1782
  • Northern Theater, 1778 - 1781
  • Southern Theatre, 1775 - 1782
  
  
• Northwest Indian War, 1785 - 1795
• Quasi-War, France, 1798 – 1800

[edit] 19th Century

• First Barbary War, 1801 – 1805
• War of 1812, 1812 – 1815
  
  • Tecumseh's Rebellion, 1811 - 1813
  • Lake Champlain Campaign, 1812 - 1814
  • Niagara Campaign, 1812 - 1814
  • Detroit Campaign, 1812 - 1814
  • Chesapeake Campaign, 1813 - 1814
  • Creek War, 1813 - 1814
  • Peoria War, 1813
  • Southern Campaign,
  
  
• Second Barbary War, 1815
• First Seminole War, 1817 - 1818
• Winnebago War, 1827
• Black Hawk War, 1832
• Second Seminole War, 1835 - 1842
• Mexican-American War, 1846 – 1848
• Cayuse War, 1847 - 1855
• Third Seminole War, 1855 - 1858
• American Civil War, 1861 – 1865
  
  • Union blockade, 1861 - 1865
  • Eastern Theater, 1861 - 1865
  • Western Theater, 1861 - 1865
  • Lower Seaboard Theater, 1861 - 1865
  • Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1861 - 1865
  • Dakota Conflict, 1862
  • Pacific Coast Theater, 1863
  • Colorado War, 1863 - 1865
  
  
• Red Cloud's War, 1866 - 1868
• Korean Expedition, 1871
• Modoc War, 1872 - 1873
• Red River War, 1874 - 1875
• Black Hills War, 1876 - 1877
• Nez Perce War, 1877
• Bannock War, 1878
• Cheyenne War, 1878 - 1879
• Sheepeater Indian War, 1879
• Ute War, 1879-1880
• Pine Ridge Campaign, 1890-1891
• Battle of Leech Lake, 1898
• Spanish-American War, 1898
• Philippine-American War, 1899 - 1913

[edit] 20th Century

• Boxer Rebellion, 1899 - 1901
• Banana Wars:
  
  • United States occupation of Nicaragua, 1907-1933
  • United States occupation of Honduras, 1907-1933
  • United States overthrow of Guatemalan Government, 1907-1933
  • Intervention during Panamanian Election, 1908
  • United States occupation of Cuba, 1912
  • United States occupation of Veracruz, 1914
  • United States occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
  • United States occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1917-1924
  
  
• Mexican Expedition, 1916 - 1917
  
  • Battle of Ambros Nogales, 1918
  
  
• World War I, 1917 – 1918 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  
  • European Theatre, 1917 - 1918
  • First Battle of the Atlantic, 1917 - 1918
  
  
• Russian Revolution, 1918-1920 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  
  • Polar Bear Expedition, 1918 - 1919
  • American Expeditionary Force Siberia, Soviet Union, 1918 - 1920
  
  
• World War II, 1941 – 1945 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  
  • Second Battle of the Atlantic, 1941 - 1945
  • Pacific War, 1941 - 1945
  • African Theatre, 1942 - 1943
  • European Theatre, 1944 - 1945
  
  
• Korean War, 1950 - 1953
• Operation Blue Bat, Lebanon, 1958
• Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba, 1961
• Operation Powerpack, Dominican Republic, 1965 - 1966
• Vietnam War, 1962 - 1973 (time span of United States involvement)
  
  • Laotian Civil War, 1962 - 1973
  • Cambodian Civil War, 1969 - 1970
  
  
• Contra War, El Salvador, 1981-1990
• Invasion of Grenada, Grenada, 1983-1984
• Iran–Iraq War, 1987 - 1989
• United States invasion of Panama 1989 - 1990
• Persian Gulf War, Iraq, 1991
  
  • Operation Desert Shield, 1991
  • Operation Desert Storm, 1991
  
  
• Somali Civil War, 1992 - 1994
  
  • Operation Provide Relief, 1992
  • Operation Restore Hope, 1992 - 1994
  
  
• Yugoslav wars, 1994 - 1999
  
  • Bosnian Conflict, 1994 - 1995
  • Kosovo Conflict, 1997 - 1999
  
  

[edit] 21st Century

• War on Terrorism, 2001 - present
  
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan 2001 - present
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines 2002 - present
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa 2002 - present
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 - present
  • War in North-West Pakistan, 2004 - present
  • War in Somalia, 2006 - 2009
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara 2007 - present