Category Archives: history
The Historic US Army Forts
The Historic US Army Forts! Part I Over the past two decades, John Michael has immersed himself in the study of the US military, specifically the US ARMY. Today’s ARMY is a far cry from what was a hundred years … Continue reading
Fort Bragg – Throckmorton Library Visit II
Fort Bragg – Throckmorton Library Visit II Fort Bragg – Throckmorton Library Visit II Fort Lesley J McNair to Fort Bragg! It was only a few months ago when John Michael delivered a briefing about Fort Myer – Images of … Continue reading
BUFFALO SOLDIERS IN ALASKA
BUFFALO SOLDIERS IN ALASKA?? When one hears or sees the words “Buffalo Soldiers” visions of black cavalry soldiers mounted on their horses in pursuit of Indians into the western United States. Those visions are about to be expanded because in … Continue reading
THE GREEN BERET DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY
WHAT AN ANNIVERSARY! It is the sixtieth anniversary of the “official” green beret! Mind you, not of the Special Forces, because everyone knows that they began on 19 June 1952. And the soldiers began wearing the green beret in 1954. … Continue reading
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Have you been to Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park? Defending Charleston Since 1776 Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historic Park are named after two significant figures of the Revolutionary War from South Carolina. Today marks the … Continue reading
Dr. Mary Walker – Civil War Surgeon
Dr. Mary E. Walker: The Sole Female Medal of Honor Recipient Few women became physicians in the 1850s; fewer still served in the Civil War, and only one was awarded the Medal of Honor. Dr. Mary E. Walker was born … Continue reading
Happy Birthday George
Just to remind you … today 22 FEBRUARY is his birthday… If it weren’t for him, this country would still be ruled by Great Britain…
THROWBACK THURSDAY 11 SEP 2019
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY Congress, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Session No. 308. Thanks of the AMERICAN PEOPLE TO GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING. September 11, 1919. — Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the … Continue reading
Historian Fuses Old, Modern Techniques
So Began A Never-Ending Project It began with a phone call that turned bittersweet Throckmorton Library of Fort Bragg, NC was discarding almost all of its reference section of books … boxes and boxes of what could be gems … Continue reading
John Michael and THE COLONEL
And THE COLONEL? COL Roger H C Donlon ! A Gathering of Eagles Paperback – January 15, 1999 by Col. Jimmie Dean Coy (Author) ABOUT THE BOOK: Over 200 medal of Honor recipients, ex-POWs, and leaders in the military, political, and … Continue reading