August 5, 2021 by Jenny Ashcraft | 60 Comments
In 1942, US military officials visited the Navajo Nation and recruited 29 Navajo men to train as Code Talkers in the Marines. Code Talkers used their tribal language to send secret messages on the battlefield. By the end of the … Continue reading
July 27, 2021 by Jenny Ashcraft | 29 Comments
We’ve added a new collection of WWI records to our archives! The U.S. WWI Burial Cards document the death and burial of over 78,000 American soldiers in WWI. These cards contain information including: Name of the deceased Unit assigned Date … Continue reading
July 14, 2021 by Jenny Ashcraft | 88 Comments
Thanks for joining us earlier this month during our live stream from the Gettysburg battlefield. It was our privilege to work with the American Battlefield Trust as we learned more about this important battle. We’re highlighting a few of the … Continue reading
June 21, 2021 by Kristopher White (American Battlefield Trust) | Comments Off on The Battle of Gettysburg
“It affords me very great satisfaction to be able to inform you that…I received the sword-belt and scabbard which were taken from your father’s body upon the field at Gettysburg,” wrote Dr. John Wilson Wishart from a field hospital near … Continue reading
June 16, 2021 by Jenny Ashcraft | 154 Comments
On April 4, 1943, ten US service personnel outwitted their Japanese guards and escaped from a work camp in the Davao Region of the Philippines. One of those escapees, Lt. Commander Melvyn Harvey McCoy, kept a journal during his imprisonment. … Continue reading
June 3, 2021 by Jenny Ashcraft | 149 Comments
The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. With more than 50,000 casualties, it represented a turning point in the Civil War and ended Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s second attempt to invade the North. This … Continue reading
May 25, 2021 by Jenny Ashcraft | 83 Comments
In 1941, with the looming threat of war, Congress authorized the creation of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). The bill became law in 1942, but since the WAAC was an auxiliary unit and not governed by United States Army … Continue reading