RUSSIA1918-22Naval, troopsFive landings to fight Bolsheviks PANAMA1918-20Troops"Police duty" during unrest after elections. HONDURAS1919TroopsMarines land during election campaign. YUGOSLAVIA1919Troops/Marinesintervene for Italy against Serbs in Dalmatia. GUATEMALA1920Troops2-week intervention against unionists. WEST VIRGINIA1920-21Troops, bombingArmy intervenes against mineworkers. TURKEY1922TroopsFought nationalists in Smyrna.CHINA1922-27Naval, troopsDeployment during nationalist revolt.
MEXICO/HONDURAS1923,1924-25.BombingTroops.Airpower defends Calles from rebellion
Landed twice during election strife.
PANAMA1925TroopsMarines suppress general strike. CHINA1927-34TroopsMarines stationed throughout the country. EL SALVADOR1932NavalWarships send during Marti revolt. WASHINGTON DC1932TroopsArmy stops WWI vet bonus protest. WORLD WAR II1941-45Naval, troops, bombing, nuclearHawaii bombed, fought Japan, Italy and Germay for 3 years; first nuclear war. DETROIT1943TroopsArmy put down Black rebellion. IRAN1946Nuclear threatSoviet troops told to leave north. YUGOSLAVIA1946Nuclear threat, navalResponse to shoot-down of US plane. URUGUAY1947Nuclear threatBombers deployed as show of strength.GREECE1947-49Command operationU.S. directs extreme-right in civil war.GERMANY1948Nuclear ThreatAtomic-capable bombers guard Berlin Airlift.CHINA1948-49Troops/Marinesevacuate Americans before Communist victory.PHILIPPINES1948-54Command operationCIA directs war against Huk Rebellion.PUERTO RICO1950Command operationIndependence rebellion crushed in Ponce.KOREA1951-53 (-?)Troops, naval, bombing , nuclear threatsU.S./So. Korea fights China/No. Korea to stalemate; A-bomb threat in 1950, and against China in 1953. Still have bases.IRAN1953Command OperationCIA overthrows democracy, installs Shah.VIETNAM1954Nuclear threatFrench offered bombs to use against seige.GUATEMALA1954Command operation, bombing, nuclear threatCIA directs exile invasion after new gov't nationalized U.S. company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua.EGYPT1956Nuclear threat, troopsSoviets told to keep out of Suez crisis; Marines evacuate foreigners.LEBANONl958Troops, navalArmy & Marine occupation against rebels.IRAQ1958Nuclear threatIraq warned against invading Kuwait.CHINAl958Nuclear threatChina told not to move on Taiwan isles.PANAMA1958TroopsFlag protests erupt into confrontation.VIETNAMl960-75Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threatsFought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam; one million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in l968 and l969.CUBAl961Command operationCIA-directed exile invasion fails.GERMANYl961Nuclear threatAlert during Berlin Wall crisis.LAOS1962Command operationMilitary buildup during guerrilla war. CUBA l962 Nuclear threat, navalBlockade during missile crisis; near-war with Soviet Union. IRAQ1963Command operationCIA organizes coup that killed president, brings Ba'ath Party to power, and Saddam Hussein back from exile to be head of the secret service.PANAMAl964TroopsPanamanians shot for urging canal's return.INDONESIAl965Command operationMillion killed in CIA-assisted army coup.DOMINICAN REPUBLIC1965-66Troops, bombingArmy & Marines land during election campaign.GUATEMALAl966-67Command operationGreen Berets intervene against rebels.DETROITl967TroopsArmy battles African Americans, 43 killed.UNITED STATESl968TroopsAfter King is shot; over 21,000 soldiers in cities.CAMBODIAl969-75Bombing, troops, navalUp to 2 million killed in decade of bombing, starvation, and political chaos.OMANl970Command operationU.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.LAOSl971-73Command operation, bombingU.S. directs South Vietnamese invasion; "carpet-bombs" countryside.SOUTH DAKOTAl973Command operationArmy directs Wounded Knee siege of Lakotas.MIDEAST1973Nuclear threatWorld-wide alert during Mideast War.CHILE1973Command operationCIA-backed coup ousts elected marxist president.CAMBODIAl975Troops, bombingGassing of captured ship Mayagüez, 28 troops die when copter shot down.ANGOLAl976-92Command operationCIA assists South African-backed rebels.IRANl980Troops, nuclear threat, aborted bombingRaid to rescue Embassy hostages; 8 troops die in copter-plane crash. Soviets warned not to get involved in revolution.LIBYAl981Naval jetsTwo Libyan jets shot down in maneuvers.EL SALVADORl981-92Command operation, troopsAdvisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash.NICARAGUAl981-90Command operation, navalCIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution.