Following these deployments, at the urging of a report byRADM Arthur J. Hepburn’s board, the Navy in 1938 recommended the construction of a naval base on sprawling Amaknak Island, at Dutch Harbor, with the first troops arriving there in June 1941. Longand her direct sisterHovey, accompanied...
Seabee Museum and Memorial Park in North Kingstown, Rhode Island is a museum dedicated to the men and women who served in the Battalion. It aims to highlight the deeds of the United States Naval Construction Battalions during both times of war and peace. ...
United States of America (1945-1946) Demolition Tank – 1 Built During World War II, US demolition crews faced the critical task of dismantling enemy fortifications and obstacles, sometimes under fire. They lacked a dedicated vehicle for this in the US arsenal. Various tools, like dozer blade ...
Cold War US Tactics 1989 US Invasion of Panama United States of America vs Republic of Panama The construction of a short cut from the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceans was a pipe dream for much of the 19th century for both the British and Americans. If a canal existed, then trade would ...
1917 WWI US Army Notes on the construction & equipment of trenches 114p 1917 WWI US Army Notes on the French 75-mm. gun 13p 1917 WWI US Army Notes on the interpretation of aeroplane photographs 20p 1917 WWI US Army Notes on the meteorologic elements affecting artillery 16p 1917 WWI US ...
Navy enlistment at the height of the Vietnam War, he chickened out and went off to study economics at the University of Chicago. In college, Berto subscribed to S&T magazine, and at peak owned ~80 different SPI titles. Half way through his graduate studies (in economics, also at UC), ...
In the winter of 1939-40 however, John Hopkins employees in the Army and Navy Reserves were pressed into active duty and laboratories in the Medical School were appropriated by the military for war-related research. It became clear that the University Hospital would eventually participate in the...
182d General Hospital personnel ready for training on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. Top left, an LCP (L) passes several LCVPs at the Higgins Boat Operations & Marine Engine Maintenance School, Lake Pontchartrain. The landing craft are crewed by US Navy and US Coast Guard students. Official des...
- Navy strength: 94,094 people- Marine Corps strength: 19,694 people- Air Force strength: Not yet formed- Total strength: 247,031 people- Percent of population enlisted: 0.22% American soldiers spent part of 1923 in China, helping to control unrest that ensued amidst warlordism—the era ...
4pp. G-2 Report: Functions of the Assistant Secretary of War and Assistant Secretary of the Navy. November 7. 1929. 2pp. G-2 Report: Duties of the Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of War. December 27. 1932. 2pp. G-2 Report: Duties of the Under-Secretary of State for ...