01 – Borneo campaign ended unopposed (1945)
01 – Siege of Fire Base Ripcord began (1970)
01 – (1955) -- Units of KyANG were redesignated as fighter-interception outfits
02 – U.S. Army Air Corps established (1926)
02 – Korean War’s only U.S. Sea Battle (1950)
02 – Operation Buffalo began (1967)
04 – Independence Day
04 - Second attack on Boonesborough by Indians (1777).
04 - Kaskaskia surprised and captured by George Rogers Clark and his men (1778).
04 - Battle of Tebb's Bend Taylor County, Kentucky
General John Hunt Morgan attacks union forces positioned along the Green River Bridge. The Federals occupy a natural defensive position and Morgan's forces are repulsed on 3 different assaults . Eventually Morgan is inclined to withdraw after heavy casualties. (1863) [Courtesy Luther Davenport]
05 – (1952) Kentucky’s 623rd Field Artillery Battalion, armed with eighteen 155mm towed howitzers, moves into “Smoke Valley,” South Korea in support of X Corps in holding operations against Communist Chinese assaults. During this period it will earn a Republic of Korea Unit Citation for its fire support of South Korea troops in repelling an enemy assault. In October the battalion, the last Guard artillery unit deployed to Korea, will see hard fighting and earns a Navy Unit Commendation embroidered PANMUNJOM for firing missions in support of the 1st Marine Division.
05 – Battle of Osan (1950)
09 - Army Warrant Officer Corps birthday (1918)
09 – Battle of Minh Thanh Road (1966)
10 - Death of Theodore O'Hara in Alabama (1867).
10 – Operation Husky (1943)
13 – Battle of Kum River began (1950)
13 – Battle of Kumsong River Salient began (1953)
16 – Atomic Veterans Day – First Nuclear Bomb Test; Code name "Trinity"
16 – Operation Kingfischer began (1968)
16 - Gov. Morehead, at the request of President Jackson, issues his proclamation calling for 1,000 mounted Kentuckians, to rendezvous in Frankfort by August 17, to proceed to Camp Sabine, and protect the southwestern frontier. Before August 3, 45 companies tender their services, but only 10 are accepted, one each from Franklin, Henry, Shelby, Madison, Harrison, Oldham, Gallatin, Woodford, Jefferson, and Fayette counties. The governor appoints Leslie Combs, of Fayette, colonel, Thomas A. Russell, of Fayette, lieutenant colonel, and George Boswell, of Shelby, major. Before they commence their march, orders are received for their discharge (1836).
17 (1789) - Chenoweth Station Massacre Shawnee Indians attacked the settlement of Capt. Richard Chenoweth killing 3 of his children and another man , Chenoweth and 3 other children were wounded , his wife was shot with an arrow tomahawked and scalped , but did not perish . She lived 20 years. [Courtesy Luther Davenport]
17 – Battle for Old Baldy began (1952)
19 – Battle of Taejon began (1950)
20 - Remains of Colonel William R. McKee, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Clay, Jr., Captain William T. Willis, Captain William H. Maxey, Adjutant E.M. Vaughn, Lieutenant James Powell and 11 privates, who fell in Mexico, interred in the state cemetery at Frankfort; 20,000 people present; in the procession 11 volunteer military companies, besides several hundred of the returned soldiers from the Mexican war (1847).
22 - Battle of Intrenchment Creek, part of Atlanta Campaign. Kentucky Orphan Brigade suffers heavy casualties. ( 1864) [Courtesy Luther Davenport]
22 – (1946) Organization of the units of the Kentucky Air National Guard authorized by the War Department. Organizational authority was extended in October and December during the process of organizing and manning the KyANG.
24 – Final U.S. Ground Combat of Korean War began (1953)
27 – Korean War ended (1953)
27 - National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
31 - KY Governor Isaac Shelby issues call for volunteers to revenge hundreds of Kentuckians massacred at the River Raisin in the War of 1812. Shelby led the troops himself while still Governor. (1813)