History for August 7 - On-This-Day.com
Nathaniel Greene 1742, Mata Hari 1876, Rudolf Bunche 1904
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer 1927, Garrison Keillor 1942, David Duchovny 1960
1782 - George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart.
1942 - U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II.
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We still haven't run out of purple heart medals that were ordered for the invasion of Japan. Every one awarded since 1945, was from that last batch. Makes me think about what we were prepared to do back then....
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