Marine First Provisional Brigade At Pusan News

1943 - PT-109, under command of LTJG John F. Kennedy, cut in half by Japanese destroyer Amagiri 1943 - Naval task groups bombard Japanese forces on Kiska, Alaska 1950 - Amphibious force ships land Marine First Provisional Brigade at Pusan, Korea helping to save this last area of South Korea from capture. 1964 - Three North Vietnamese PT boats attack USS Maddox (DD-731) in international waters in Gulf of Tonkin. Maddox sinks one. For more information about naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at www.history.navy.mil.

1943 - PT-109, under command of LTJG John F. Kennedy, cut in half by Japanese destroyer Amagiri 1943 - Naval task groups bombard Japanese forces on Kiska, Alaska 1950 - Amphibious force ships land Marine First Provisional Brigade at Pusan, Korea helping to save this last area of South Korea from capture. 1964 - Three North Vietnamese PT boats attack USS Maddox (DD-731) in international waters in Gulf of Tonkin. Maddox sinks one. (Source: Navy News Service)