June 15
1943: Naval Air Station Beaufort is commissioned for advanced training operations of anti-submarine patrols during World War II.
1976: Joe Frazier loses to George Foreman by TKO in an NABF heavyweight title fight in Hempstead, New York. It would be Frazier’s last fight for more than 5 years.
June 18
2020: Col. Karl R. Arborgast takes command of MCAS Beaufort from Col. Timothy P. Miller.
June 19
2020: Brig. Gen. Julie Nethercot takes command of MCRD Parris Island from Maj. Gen. James Glynn.
June 21
2020: About 400 people turn out for a silent March For Justice beginning and ending at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park and organized by retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Harold “Mitch” Mitchell.” The event was meant to call attention to recent killings of black citizens across the nation, including George Floyd by the police in Minneapolis.
– Compiled by Mike McCombs
