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Valley Forge was the winter encampment of the Continental Army, under the command of George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. The Valley Forge encampment lasted six months, from December 19, 1777, to June 19, 1778. It was the third of the eight winter encampments that Washington and the Continental Army endured during the war.
Crew chief on a CH-46A that ditched at sea following a maintenance test flight from the USS Valley Forge [87] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] March 6: Mitchell, Gilbert L: Lieutenant: US Navy: VA-75, USS Kitty Hawk: Operation Rolling Thunder: North Vietnam: Bombardier/navigator on an A-6A shot down on a night attack mission.
Valley Forge was established as the first state park of Pennsylvania in 1893 by the Valley Forge Park Commission (VFPC) "to preserve, improve, and maintain as a public park the site on which General George Washington's army encamped at Valley Forge." [7] The area around Washington's headquarters was chosen as the park site.
The 7th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, 1776, at Gloucester, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army.The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown (after which it wintered at Valley Forge [1]), Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston.
In March 2003, Valley Forge was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 21. [1] The ship was decommissioned on 31 August 2004, at San Diego Naval Station, the first ship with the Aegis combat system withdrawn from service. Valley Forge was sunk on 2 November 2006, as part of target practice on a test range near Kauai, Hawaii. [2]
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William B. T. Trego was born in Yardley, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1858, the son of the artist Jonathan Kirkbridge Trego and Emily Roberts née Thomas. At the age of two William's hands and feet became nearly paralyzed, either from polio, or from a doctor administering a dose of calomel (mercurous chloride).