October 16, 2021

Military History

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Military History

Breathing life back into UK marine history

Sep 22, 2021
Old Veteran
Military History

The National WWII Museum Celebrates Oldest Living U.S. Veteran on his 112th Birthday

Sep 13, 2021
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

The National WWII Museum announces Memory Wars: World War II at 75 and Beyond Virtual Conference

Sep 3, 2021
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Military History

Central Wisconsin corpsman selected as Navy 'Sailor of the Quarter'

Aug 13, 2021
The Mochida family, wearing identification tags awaits a bus. They were forced to leave their two-acre nursery and greenhouse in Eden, California, May 1942.
Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Soldiers Memorial Military Museum announces opening of Smithsonian traveling exhibit, 'Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II'

Jul 13, 2021
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Fort Snelling adds to its collection with storied Confederate shirt and 1906 Calvalry uniform

Jun 30, 2021

Frontline Feature

MLT SPOT FOR SALECROP
Frontline Feature

UP FRONT AND CENTER!

This Spot Reaches More than 10,000 people a day.

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JAG File: All things History

Where in modern Kansas was the 4th of July celebrated for first time west of Mississippi in 1804?

Jun 28, 2021
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Military History

USS Harry S. Truman takes the cup

Jun 9, 2021
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Auction News

Victoria Cross awarded to 'The Hero of Manipur' sold by Dix Noonan Webb

Jun 23, 2021
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Uniforms

Flight Lieutenant Walter McBean: A WWII Australian "D-Day Typhooner"

May 27, 2021
The large U.S. Signal Corps portrait of Father Arthur A. LeMay was purchased more than thirty years ago at a VFW tag sale for $1. The portrait reunited with LeMay’s tunic and overseas cap in 2008.
Uniforms

WWI Doughboy Chaplain: Father Arthur A. LeMay, AEF

Apr 21, 2021
Commander Ernest E. Evans, USN illustrated telling the tale of the USS Johnston
Military History

Wreckage confirmed as heroic USS Johnston (DD 557)

Apr 2, 2021
U.S. Marine Raiders pose in front of a Japanese stronghold they conquered at Cape Totkina, Bougainville in the Solomon Islands in January 1944.
Medals

A Special WWII Medal for an Extraordinary USMC Unit

Mar 23, 2021
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Firearms and Ordnance

Was This French Musket a "Civil War Import" or a GAR relic?

Mar 7, 2021
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Military History

The United States Army Heritage and Education Center celebrates Women’s History Month

Feb 25, 2021
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

The National WWII Museum to host free, Virtual International Conference on World War II March 5 - 6

Feb 24, 2021
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Preservation and Conservation

How Many Confederate statues removed in 2020? We have the list...and you will be surprised.

Apr 7, 2021
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

'Road to Freedom' tour relives the Civil War-era African American experience

Feb 22, 2021
Model 1895 kepi originally worn Infantry Private Bert M. Bartlett, a railroad worker from Devils Lake, North Dakota. The solid brass branch insignia with a screw-post fastener on the reverse replaced the Pattern 1872 branch insignia in 1896.
Militaria Collecting 101

Military Trader Favorite Finds: 2 Pieces of Spanish-American War Headwear

Oct 7, 2021
The MAS-36’s unique bolt was designed to be as compact as possible. Moving the handle closer to the shooter’s firing hand allowed him to cycle the action faster and smoother.
Firearms and Ordnance

Tips for Collecting WWII French MAS-36 bolt action rifles — With Values

May 25, 2021
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Wreaths Across America announces start of the Mobile Education Exhibit’s 2021 National Tour

Feb 8, 2021
This photo shared via Twitter depicts a nametape and camouflage utility uniform pattern for the new U.S. Space Force.
Military History

Space Force Members will be "Guardians"

Feb 8, 2021
Four Chaplains remembrance on the WAA Tip-land in Maine
Military History

Wreaths Across America Honors 'The Four Chaplains'

Jan 27, 2021
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

'Bloody Ravine,' 29-acres at the heart of Williamsburg's Civil War battlefield, now protected

Jan 4, 2021
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Military History

Female CO will command aircraft carrier for first time

Jan 4, 2021
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Battleship USS Iowa Museum launches Plank Owner program for first-ever surface Navy museum

Jan 8, 2021
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Photographs and Ephemera

A lone WW1 grave marker: Who was the American WWI doughboy’s buried here?

Aug 6, 2021
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Military History

Stones River Battlefield Preserved

Dec 15, 2020
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Military History

History, Conservation & Education Join Forces to Protect Alabama Civil War Battlefield

Dec 14, 2020
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JAG File: All things History

Critical Shortage Response During the WWII Battle of the Bulge.

Dec 21, 2020
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Medals

19th Air Force Commander bestows medals for Heroism

Nov 11, 2020
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Military History

Watch the Revolutionary War come alive in new animated map

Nov 9, 2020
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Firearms and Ordnance

WWII Bomb explodes in Poland 75 years after it was dropped

Oct 21, 2020
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

Oct 12, 2020
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Military History

USS Cole was named for a WWII USMC Hero

Oct 5, 2020
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum now open

Oct 6, 2020
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Preservation Prevails in Shepherdstown

Sep 23, 2020
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Militaria Collecting 101

History & Preservation Community Mourns the Loss of Edwin Cole Bearss

Sep 17, 2020
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Medals

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

Sep 17, 2020
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

Sep 14, 2020
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Brown's Tavern, Chattanooga landmark, celebrated

Sep 11, 2020
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

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

Sep 9, 2020
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JAG File: All things History

Patriot Day : This is why we have it.

Sep 10, 2020
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Patches / Insignia

On Patrol: Vietnam Insignia of Task Force 116

Oct 14, 2021
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

Aug 7, 2020
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

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

Aug 3, 2020
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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

Jul 27, 2020
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Announces 2020 Literature Award Recipient

Jul 22, 2020
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Preservation and Conservation

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

Jul 21, 2020
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.

Jul 21, 2020
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

Jun 29, 2020
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

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

Jun 29, 2020
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

Jun 24, 2020
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

Jun 18, 2020
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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

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

Jun 24, 2020
Robert Coninx in white uniform of Belgian Merchant Navy
JAG File: All things History

Third Time was NOT the Charm for this Belgian Sailor

Jul 6, 2020