May 1, 1955: Chinese Communists ceased shelling Quemoy & Matsu Islands.

May 1, 1960: US CIA U-2 aircraft shot down over USSR pilot (Francis Gary Powers) captured. U-2 aircraft had been in service since 1956, this was the first time the Soviets had been able to shoot one down.

May 5, 1946: Marines bridge guards attacked by Chinese communists firing mortars near Tangku, China. 1 WIA

May 6, 1954: C-119 shot down by Viet Minh; 2 American CIA contract pilots KIA

May 7, 1975: Two American military officers assassinated in Tehran, Iran.

May 8, 1954: RB-47E on photo- reconnaissance mission over USSR attacked by MiG-17 fighters

May 8, 1963: US Navy evacuates 2279 civilians from Haiti during crisis.

May 9, 1949: Soviets lifted Berlin blockade. Total allied casualties: 31 US airmen 39 British & 9 German personnel

May 9, 1974: North Koreans fired at 2 US Army helicopters

May 10, 1955: USAF F-86s attacked over Yellow Sea shot down 2 Chinese MiGs

May 10, 1964: USAF RB-66 shot down over East Germany, 3 KIA

May 11, 1972: Terrorists attacked US Army officer's club COL Paul Bloomquist killed, Frankfurt, Germany, 13 wounded.

May 12, 1953: RAF Lincoln (RB-26) shot down over East Germany, 7 killed

May 12, 1975: SS Mayaguez seized by Khmer Rouge

May 13, 1980: Firefight at OP Ouelette, Korea.

May 14, 1948: State of Israel established, first Arab-Israeli war began

May 14, 1975: Marines recaptured Mayaguez released the crew. 16 KIA, 44 WIA.

May 15, 1953: USAF WB-50 & Soviet MiGs exchanged fire off Kamchatka Peninsula

May 16, 1969: U-2 aircraft lost control off China coast near Korea. Republic of China pilot, Billy Chang was killed.

May 16, 1982: USN crewmen attacked by terrorists in San Juan. 1 KIA, 3 WIA

May 17, 1987: US Army OH-23 helicopter shot down over Korean DMZ. Crew held POW one year.

May 17, 1988: Pakistani Air Force F-16 shot down 2 Soviet Su-22s

May 18, 1988: Loss of USMC AH-1T helicopter during operations against Iran, 2 Marines KIA

May 21, 1968: Nuclear submarine USS Scorpion lost during operations in Atlantic, crew of 99 KIA

May 21, 1975: COL Paul Shaffer & LTC Jack Turner (USAF) shot & killed, Tehran, Iran.

May 22, 1967: 17 US soldiers WIA by North Korean attack

May 22, 1967: Two US soldiers KIA by hostile fire, Korean DMZ.

May 24, 1972: Bomb attack at Campbell Barracks Germany. 3 US soldiers killed, 5 wounded.

May 25, 1960: USAF C-47 shot down over East Germany 9 crewmen held

May 25, 1983: USN CDR Albert Shaufelberger assassinated, San Salvador, El Salvador.

May 26, 1954: Explosion & fire aboard USS Bennington (CV-20) in Atlantic, 103 killed, 201 wounded.

May 26, 1981: EA-6B Prowler crashed while landing aboard USS Nimitz (CVA-68) in Atlantic, 14 killed, 48 injured

May 28, 1957: 1st of 24 detonations Operation Plumbbob nuclear test

May 30, 1958: Submarine USS Stickleback (SS-415) sunk after collision. Crew of 82 rescued.

May 31, 1947: Turkish Premier called for continued state of siege after USSR territorial demands in Dardanelles.

June 1, 1953: Uprising in Pilsen put down by troops in Czechoslovakia, 6 killed

June 5, 1947: Marshall Plan for economic rehabilitation of Europe announced.

June 5, 1947: US protested Soviet-supported coup in Hungary

June 5, 1952: Swedish C-47 shot down by Soviet fighter over Baltic, crew lost.

June 6, 1947: 10% of Hungarian voters disenfranchised by new law

June 6, 1950: President Truman authorized resumption of air reconnaissance missions over the Baltic

June 7, 1945: USSR demanded territory & bases from Turkey- joint control of the Dardanelles

June 7, 1982: US Embassy Marine security guard WIA, Beirut, Lebanon.

June 8, 1956: USAF TSGT R.B. Fitzgibbon Jr. murdered in Vietnam.

June 8, 1967: USS Liberty (GTR-5) attacked by Israeli aircraft & boats near Gaza strip Captain awarded Medal of Honor, 34 KIA, 171 WIA.

June 10, 1970: Army Major Robert Perry assassinated, Aman, Jordan

June 12, 1957: Four AD-6 fighters overflew China 1 plane damaged by antiaircraft fire

June 13, 1947: First US reconnaissance flight along Siberian coast by B-29 Ferret "Sitting Duck", Vietnam.

June 13, 1947: Soviet troops fired on Swedish aid workers in Vienna, Austria, 1 killed

June 13, 1952: USAF B-29 shot down by Soviets over Sea of Japan, 12 KIA

June 14, 1960: Fire & explosion aboard USS Sargo (SSN-583), 1 killed, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

June 14, 1977: 3 US Army aviators killed in shootdown, Korean DMZ.

June 14, 1985: USN Diver SW2 (DV) Robert Stethem killed by terrorists TWA Flight 847, Beirut, Lebanon.

June 15, 1948: 60 US B-29 bombers deployed to Great Britain in response to Berlin blockade

June 15, 1959: USN P4M-1Q attacked by North Korean MiGs over Sea of Japan, 1 crewman WIA

June 16, 1952: Swedish PBY Catalina shot down by Soviets over Baltic Sea

June 16, 1958: Imre Nagy Hungarian Prime Minister executed after secret trial

June 16, 1959: North Korean MiG attacked USN P4M over Sea of Japan, 1 WIA

June 17, 1953: East German uprising began

June 19, 1953: USN PBM-5S2 aircraft fired on by Communist Chinese ships in Formosa Strait

June 19, 1953: Soviet tanks put down East German uprising, hundreds wounded, 125 Germans killed

June 19, 1985: 4 US Marines killed in restaurant attack, San Salvador, El Salvador.

June 20, 1970: USS Tautog hit by Soviet submarine K-108. K-108 believed severely damaged.

June 22, 1954: Cathay Pacific DC-4 shot down over sea by Communist Chinese fighter planes, 10 killed

June 22, 1955: US Navy P2V Neptune downed by Soviet fighters over Bering Sea. Crew rescued (4 wounded, 6 injured)

June 23, 1946: 7 US destroyers anchor off Trieste

June 23, 1947: 2 American soldiers shot by Russian soldiers in Vienna, Austria.

June 24, 1948: Soviets closed access routes to Western sectors of Berlin (Berlin Blockade began)

June 25, 1948: Berlin airlift began with first planeload of supplies

June 25, 1950: North Korea invaded South Korea

June 25, 1978: Red Army Faction attempted assassination of NATO CINC General Alexander Haig near Brussels

June 26, 1947: Huks attacked US forces in Philippines

June 26, 1954: Two USN A-4D Skyraiders over South China Sea attacked by Communist Chinese La-7 planes shot down 2 La-7s

June 27, 1950: President Truman authorized use of air & naval forces in Korea

June 27, 1958: USAF C-118 shot down by Soviet fighters over USSR crew of 9 captured

June 28, 1953: US Navy P2V-5 aircraft fired on by Communist Chinese ships in Formosa Strait

June 28, 1956: Polish demonstrators in Poznan fired upon by troops, 53 killed, hundreds wounded

June 28, 1988: USN CAPT William Nordeen killed by car bomb in Kifissia, Greece.

June 29, 1955: B-52 began active service

June 30, 1946: 9 US and British soldiers wounded in grenade attack, Trieste.

June 30, 1975: North Korean guards attacked acting commander of UNC Joint Security Force at Panmunjom, 1 KIA

June, 1971: C-135B crash, Pacific Ocean, 700 miles. SSW of Honolulu, COL Billy Skipworth killed.