July 2

General Daniel Sickles, who exposed his Corps by moving it out in front of the Union line at Gettysburg, made U.S. Justice System history. He killed his wife's lover in a jealous rage, and beat the murder rap with the first ever temporary insanity plea. To his troops, his nickname was Crazy Dan.

July 1

On the German side of the lines during the Battle of the Somme was a young Austrian soldier named Adolf Hitler.

June 26

Following the Battle of Belleau Wood, U.S. Army General John Pershing, commander of all Americans in France, claimed "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." Nice to see that even the Army knows how great the Marines are.