Events Calendar Fred E. Hayes Post 57 Events: August 2027

August 2027

Su	M	T	W	Th	F	Sat
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

US Coast Guard established (1790)

Location:

Grandview, WA
Date:

Wednesday, August 4, 2027

Formed as US Revenue Marine, the US Coast Guard was part of the US Treasury Service, but is now under Homeland Security. In the event of a declared war, it would fall under the US Navy.

US Coast Guard established (1790)

Hiroshima Attacked with 1st Atomic Bomb (1945)

Location:

Hiroshima, Japan
Date:

Friday, August 6, 2027

Hiroshima Attacked with 1st Atomic Bomb (1945)

Guadalcanal Invaded (1942)

Location:

Solomon Islands
Date:

Saturday, August 7, 2027

On August 7, 1942, more than 19,000 Marines invaded Guadalcanal with orders to seize and hold the tropical island, in the first U.S. offensive of the Pacific War.

Guadalcanal Invaded (1942)

Nagasaki attacked with 2nd atomic bomb (1945)

Location:

Nagasaki, Japan
Date:

Monday, August 9, 2027

Nagasaki attacked with 2nd atomic bomb (1945)

USS American Legion Commissioned (1941)

Location:

United States
Date:

Sunday, August 22, 2027

The U.S. Navy commissions the USS American Legion, and her WWII career begins, including landing some of the first troops at Guadalcanal, supplying a hospital, conducting rescue missions.

USS American Legion Commissioned (1941)

Last Troops Die in Afghanistan (2021)

Location:

Kabul Airport, Afghanistan
Date:

Thursday, August 26, 2027

11 Marines, one Navy Corpsman and one Army soldier were killed in a suicide bomber attack at the Kabul Airport days before US withdrawal.

Last Troops Die in Afghanistan (2021)

US Withdraws from Afghanistan (2021)

Location:

Afghanistan
Date:

Tuesday, August 31, 2027

The US ends twenty years of war in Afghanistan with the final withdrawal from Kabul. American citizens an Afghan allies are left behind.

US Withdraws from Afghanistan (2021)