JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C –
Nov. 28, 1941 - USS Enterprise (CV-6) sailed from Pearl Harbor for Wake Island to ferry Marine aircraft to the island.
Nov. 29, 1890 - The first Army vs. Navy football game was played with Navy winning 24 to 0.
Nov. 30, 1942 - In the Battle of Tassafaronga, the last major naval action in the Solomons, U.S. forces prevented a Japanese attempt to re-provision the Japanese troops on Guadalcanal. Six U.S. ships were damaged in the action.
Dec. 1, 1842 - Three crewmembers of USS Somers, Midshipman Philip Spencer, Boatswain Samuel Cromwell and Seaman Elisha Small were executed for mutiny.
Dec. 2, 1965 - USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) became the first nuclear-powered task unit used in combat operations and launched air strikes near Bien Hoa, Vietnam.
Dec. 3, 1983 - Two F-14s flying over Lebanon were fired upon.
Dec. 4, 1943 - Aircraft from USS Lexington (CV-16) and USS Independence (CVL-22) attacked Kwajalein Atoll, sinking four Japanese ships and damaging five others. Only three U.S. ships suffered damage.