Balladeer’s Blog hopes all of you are having a respectful Memorial Day. I always feel it’s an appropriate time to look at neglected conflicts or battles. The military members who died in those actions are sometimes overlooked in the big picture.
THE TOP FOUR FORGOTTEN MILITARY UNITS FROM AMERICAN WARS – Looking at the Oneida Indians First Allies Unit from the Revolutionary War, Doniphan’s Thousand from the Mexican War, the “Yankee Samurai” (Nissei Battalion of 2,000 Japanese-Americans) from World War 2, and the racially integrated 1st Rhode Island Regiment from the Revolutionary War.
THE TOP FOUR FORGOTTEN CONFLICTS IN U.S. HISTORY – A look at the forgotten Revolutionary War battles after Yorktown (1781-1782), the Mexican War (1846-1848), the Nicaraguan Conflict (1926-1928), and the Philippine War (1899-1902).
FORGOTTEN U.S. NAVAL BATTLES OF WORLD WAR ONE – There were clashes between German U-Boats and the U.S. Navy ships transporting the American Expeditionary Force to Europe, the years-long underwater mining campaign, the German attack on Orleans, MA, the attack on Austria-Hungary’s naval base at Durazzo, Albania and much more.
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS FOR THE KOREAN EXPEDITION OF 1871 – This was one of the most overlooked American military actions in history. Luckily a declaration of war was avoided in the aftermath. Several MOH were awarded over heroism shown during the actions against Korean forts along the Han River.
AMERICA’S QUASI-NAVAL WAR WITH FRANCE (1798-1801) – Actions at sea and occasionally on islands as President John Adams kept the U.S. out of a land war for which it was unprepared. Ships like the Constellation, the Delaware, the Enterprise and many, many more battled the French Navy.
CONCLUSION OF AMERICA’S QUASI-NAVAL WAR WITH FRANCE – Wrapping up this overlooked conflict, including the several days of land fighting by U.S. Marines on the island of Curacao.
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS FOR THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (1898) – I examined sixteen of the honorees for this war between the United States and the Spanish Empire. Plenty of action in Cuba and in the Philippines.
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