An entry in Wednesday’s Daily Report included the incorrect date for the F-22 Raptor’s combat debut. The fifth generation fighter was first used in combat against ISIS in September 2014. The original entry has been updated.
Retired Col. Carlyle "Smitty" Harris, known for introducing the "tap code" by which American POWs in North Vietnam could surreptitiously communicate with one another, died July 6. Harris was brutalized by the North Vietnamese over almost eight years of captivity.