July 26th - August 1st
Indianapolis' survivors en route to a hospital following their rescue, circa early August 1945. Ambulance in the background is marked "U.S.N. Base Hospital No. 20", which was located on Pelelieu. Photograph was released 14 August 1945.
By Staff | Stars and Stripes July 26, 2020
July 27th, 1953 – Korean War: Cessation of hostilities is achieved when the U.S., China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. South Korea does not sign.
July 28th, 1965 – Vietnam War: Lyndon Johnson announces an increase in the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
July 29th, 1967 – Vietnam War: The USS Forrestal catches on fire of the coast of North Vietnam, killing 134.
July 30th, 1945 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis with most of the 883 deaths occuring in the four days after as survivors waited for rescue.
August 1, 1950 – Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act and Guam is organized into unincorporated territory of the United States which established a non-military, civil government.