Military History

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Medals

19th Air Force Commander bestows medals for Heroism

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Military History

Watch the Revolutionary War come alive in new animated map

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Firearms and Ordnance

WWII Bomb explodes in Poland 75 years after it was dropped

Senior Chief Damage Controlman William Merchen, a hero of the attack on the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on Oct. 12, 2000, while moored for refueling in the Port of Aden, Yemen.  Merchen received the Meritorious Mertit Medal for his actions.
Medals

20 Years Later: US Navy Sailor Shares Experience from the Day His Ship, USS Cole, Was Attacked By Terrorists

Darrell Samuel Cole, USMC.
Military History

USS Cole was named for a WWII USMC Hero

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum now open

Frontline Feature

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Frontline Feature

Steve Dance Auctions

ESTATE AUCTION - PROLIFIC COLLECTION OF 25 CLASS III FIREARMS.

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Preservation Prevails in Shepherdstown

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Militaria Collecting 101

History & Preservation Community Mourns the Loss of Edwin Cole Bearss

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Medals

Sgt. Maj. Thomas P. Payne receives Medal of Honor

Brigadier General Courtney Whitney, government section, Far East Command; General Douglas MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command, and Major General Edward Almond (at right, pointing), Commanding General, X Corps in Korea, observe the shelling of Incheon from the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7), 15 September 1950.
Military History

US and UN Joint Operation Remembering the Korean War Invasion of Inchon

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Brown's Tavern, Chattanooga landmark, celebrated

Silk And Steel
Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Special Exhibition “Silk and Steel: French Fashion, Women and WWI” Opens Friday, Sept. 25 at National WWI Museum and Memorial

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JAG File: All things History

Patriot Day : This is why we have it.

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Patches / Insignia

On Patrol: Vietnam Insignia of Task Force 116

Mike Gilday and Dylan Beazer, a Department of the Navy Library librarian, view a historical navy document in the Navy Department Library’s rare book room. Gilday toured the Navy Department Library after the ground breaking of the Operational Archives and Repository Complex. NHHC, located at the Washington Navy Yard, is responsible for the preservation, analysis, and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage.
Military History

Navy Breaks Ground on New Archival Complex

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

National WWI Museum and Memorial Launches Free Resources for Educators & Students

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Military History

New documentary on the 1980 attempt by U.S. Special Forces to free American hostages in Iran to debut August 21st

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Announces 2020 Literature Award Recipient

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Preservation and Conservation

American Battlefield Trust, North American Land Trust partner to save Brandywine battlefield

Important 75-piece archive of personal and service items belonging to Tuskegee Airman William S. Powell Jr. Uniform includes A-2 leather jacket with squadron patch and name, flight suit and other apparel with all insignia, parachute, kit bag, flight log, many documents including Tuskegee diploma with signatures of classmates and instructors.
Auction News

Dirk Soulis to host Aug. 1 auction of Jack Angolia World War II collection featuring personal archives of Admiral John S. McCain, Tuskegee Airman William S. Powell Jr.

ARABIAN SEA (June 12, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Arabian Sea, June 12, 2020. Ike is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific Ocean through the western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce.
Military History

Dwight D. Eisenhower and San Jacinto Break U.S. Navy Record

Online Collections Database
Museums, Clubs, Organizations

National WWI Museum and Memorial receives $125,000 from National Endowment for the Humanities for digitization/transcription of WWI letters

The Air Force is finally getting its first new pistol in 35 yearsJared Keller, Task & Purpose 21 hours agoStaff Sgt. Will Gonzales, 36th Security Forces Squadron armory NCO in charge, with a Sig Sauer M18 pistol at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, August 26, 2019.
Firearms and Ordnance

Air Forces Begins Fielding M18 Modular Handgun System

The helmet worn by the infamous “Red Devils” and other paratrooper regiments of the British Army during the Second World War, and into the post-war years.
Headgear

British WWII Airborne, Dispatch Rider and Tank Crew Helmets

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Previously unknown map of engagement aftermath amounts to ‘Rosetta Stone’ for Battle of Antietam

Robert Coninx in white uniform of Belgian Merchant Navy
JAG File: All things History

Third Time was NOT the Charm for this Belgian Sailor

Operation Drafted
Museums, Clubs, Organizations

National WWI Museum and Memorial reopens with new programs and events

This was carved by a Buchenwald Concentration Camp inmate who put his name and date on the reverse.
Militaria Collecting 101

Wooden Relics of the Reich

Wing Commander R.C.M. Pink, CBE next to DH9A E8723 of 27 Squadron.
Medals

British Medal Awarded to RAF for Pink's War

Made in the United States, this Milsco helmet has the stencil of the Royal Netherlands Navy painted on the front.
Headgear

The Dutch KNIL Tropical Helmet

Thomas Bingham Buell Naval career spanned nearly five decades. In that time, he rose from Midshipman to become a Commander of destroyers and prominent Naval historian. This graduation photo of Buell was taken in 1958.
Medals

US Navy Commander: From Northern Michigan to the High Seas

Wartime photo shows Parsons holding his helmet in front of his Escadrille plane.
Military History

My Little League coach was a WWI aviator

In 1906, Henry T. Allen, the Chief of the Philippine Constabulary, requested a rifle suitable for the short statue of his Constabulary troops. The first order was for 300 1899 Krag Carbines. These, along with about 4,600 more, were altered by shortening and refitting to accept bayonets.
Firearms and Ordnance

A Look at the Philippine Constabulary Rifle

Religion Opener
Military History

Overcoming Doctrine in the Third Reich

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International

Dropping in on Arnhem

Germany’s Nazi Party relied on a vast network of “political leaders.” Working as civil servants, they provided a network to educate the public about Party doctrines. The party leader above wears a standard armband on a tunic with no tunic piping — not uncommon for lower ranking officials.
Patches / Insignia

Political leaders of the Third Reich

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Firearms and Ordnance

The PIAT Gun: Britain’s Tank Killer in WW2

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Military History

WW2 relics show how Germany used sports to prepare for War

Vietnam Vets Day
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March Happenings at the National WWI Museum and Memorial

A closer look at the sergeant shows him to have the American Forces in Germany (AFG) unique MP collar emblems, four overseas stripes and four Army service stripes as well as his ever-present NCO whistle.
Photographs and Ephemera

WWI AEF/AFG Portraits

Sarah Nell Blackwell for The Liberty Trail
Military History

Radar used to uncover Charleston's past

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JAG File: All things History

The Battle Hymn of the Republic is 158 years old

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Military History

U.S. Astronaut HOF Welcomes First Class of the New Decade

Private James F. Callahan, Co. F, 17th Evacuation Hospital, Siberian Expeditionary Force posed wearing his 1907 pattern cap backwards as was often suggested by photographers.
Photographs and Ephemera

Snapshots 2020 No. 1

John Kinley Tener, a former professional baseball player who served in the House of Representatives, is also represented on a series of marksman awards of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Militaria Collectibles

Let’s Play Ball!

Brad Hartsell
Auction News

Iwo Jima tunnel expert to give final Lecture March 1st at Donley Auctions Gun & Military sale

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

D-Day in the Big Easy

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Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Books in Review: Play Ball! Doughboys and Baseball During the Great War

The only known photo of Dr. William C. Gilson was taken shortly before his death from yellow fever at the age of 45.
Militaria Collectibles

A look at the personal effects of Civil War  Dr. William C. Gilson, CSA

396403924 The 1ST Division prepares itself to take the sea for the Normandy
Military History

Preparing for the Invasion

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Militaria Collecting 101

Captive Military Audience - Part II

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Militaria Collecting 101

Captive Military Audience - Part I

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Military History

It Took Some Grit on New Year's Day, 1777

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Military History

MOH hero's true story coming to theaters January 2020

The pommel cap of the NCO sword contained double SS runes.
Knives / Swords / Bayonets

Blades of the Black Guard

An American soldier dressed as Santa handing out candy to Vietnamese children.
Militaria Collecting 101

A Touch of Christmas