Military History

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

Wreckage confirmed as heroic USS Johnston (DD 557)

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

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Firearms and Ordnance

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

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Military History

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

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

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

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Preservation and Conservation

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

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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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

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

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

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

A look at the French MAS-36 bolt action rifle

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

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

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"

Four Chaplains remembrance on the WAA Tip-land in Maine
Military History

Wreaths Across America Honors 'The Four Chaplains'

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

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

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Military History

Female CO will command aircraft carrier for first time

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

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

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Photographs and Ephemera

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

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Military History

Stones River Battlefield Preserved

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Military History

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

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JAG File: All things History

Critical Shortage Response During the WWII Battle of the Bulge.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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.
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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

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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

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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