This Week in American Military History:  Feb. 6, 1899:  Nearly 98 years to the day after ratifying the Mortefontaine treaty (Feb. 3, 1801) ending the Quasi War with France, the U.S. Senate ratifies another war-ending treaty: this one ending the war with Spain. Feb. 9, 1943:  U.S. Adm. William F. “Bull” Halsey receives the following … Continue reading This Week In American Military History: From Patch’s Dispatch to a Cold War Swap