| HERSHEYBAR | Fare once dubbed "Ration D" by the U.S. Army |
| KNEE | Wounded ___ , 1890 massacre by the U.S. Army (4) |
| AIRPLANE | What Orville Wright publicly tested on July 27, 1909, for use by the U.S. Army, thus marking its first military application |
| HAWAII | Former kingdom that became the 50th U.S. state in 1959; these volcanic islands were annexed by the U.S. in 1898. (6) |
| EMU | It's classified by the U.S.D.A. as red meat |
| NCOS | "The backbone of the Army," per the U.S. Army |
| BLACK | ___ Hawk Down 2001 war film about the 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer |
| DOOLITTLE | The ____ Raid, the first air operation carried out by the U.S. against Japan after Pearl Harbour (9) |
| ENOLAGAY | Name of the B-29 bomber that was used by the U.S. to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (5,3) |
| LA | California city that hosted the 1984 Games boycotted by the U.S.S.R, initials (2) |
| SALINGER | J.D. ___ author of The Catcher in the Rye who served in the U.S. Army during WWII |
| BOYCOTTED | Like the 1980 Summer Olympics, by the U.S. |
| THREECENTPIECES | Lightest coins ever minted by the U.S., used in the late 19th century |
| SEVENNATIONARMY | Song by the U.S. rock duo The White Stripes released in 2003 (5,6,4) |
| HUBBLE | The first sophisticated orbital optical observatory. It was launched by the U.S. space shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990. Among its many discoveries, it was also used to discover Hydra and Nix, two |
| TIROS | Abbreviation for the series of television and infrared observation meteorological satellites launched by the U.S. starting in 1960. (5) |
| SUCRE | Ecuadorean currency replaced by the U.S. dollar in 2000 |
| DDT | Insecticide banned by the U.S. in 1973 |
| SUDAN | Nation bombed by the U.S., Aug. 20, 1998 |
| MEDAL | One of 97 captured by the U.S. |
