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Events Calendar: August 2026 Fred E. Hayes Post 57 Events: August 2026

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US Coast Guard established (1790)

  • Location:
    Grandview, WA
  • Date:
    Tuesday, August 4, 2026
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.

Hiroshima Attacked with 1st Atomic Bomb (1945)

  • Location:
    Hiroshima, Japan
  • Date:
    Thursday, August 6, 2026

Guadalcanal Invaded (1942)

  • Location:
    Solomon Islands
  • Date:
    Friday, August 7, 2026
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.

Nagasaki attacked with 2nd atomic bomb (1945)

  • Location:
    Nagasaki, Japan
  • Date:
    Sunday, August 9, 2026

USS American Legion Commissioned (1941)

  • Location:
    United States
  • Date:
    Saturday, August 22, 2026
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.

Last Troops Die in Afghanistan (2021)

  • Location:
    Kabul Airport, Afghanistan
  • Date:
    Wednesday, August 26, 2026
11 Marines, one Navy Corpsman and one Army soldier were killed in a suicide bomber attack at the Kabul Airport days before US withdrawal.

US Withdraws from Afghanistan (2021)

  • Location:
    Afghanistan
  • Date:
    Monday, August 31, 2026
The US ends twenty years of war in Afghanistan with the final withdrawal from Kabul. American citizens an Afghan allies are left behind.