ACG WebOps (12-18 November 2006)

Jim H. Moreno | November 18, 2006  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

Welcome to WebOps, Armchair General’s weekly recon of links relative to military history news, articles, websites, and more. Relatively quiet on the cyber-front this week, but I still zeroed in on interesting news about the Tuskegee Airmen, Sir Arthur Currie, an American MiG program, and the only two Medal of Honor winners to date in the War on Terrorism. Clicks away!

News

Stars and Stripes’ Website Unveils Historic Coverage - Yahoo! Finance

Stars & Stripes

The Stars & Stripes has been collecting and reporting the news of U.S. military and DoD civilians around the world since 1942. Needless to say they have seen some rather historic military historical events, two of which have become recent additions to their website: the war crimes trials after World War II, and a multimedia presentation of a year’s worth of news in the War on Terrorism in Iraq.

Military Wall of Honor added at Museum of Regional History in Texarkana - North Texas e-News

The Museum of Regional History in Texarkana, TX-AR, will be adding the Wall of Honor in memory of past and present military personnel from the surrounding Four States region.

Tuskegee Airmen To Be Honored At Last - CBS News (video)

Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. - National Web

The remaining (about) 130 members still alive will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007.

Keeping the Battlefields From Becoming Parking Lots - The New York Times

For the last seven years, the Civil War Preservation Trust has been fighting to preserve the battlefields of our nation’s saddest moment. Their recent acquisition of the Slaughter Pen Farm of Fredericksburg marks yet another victory.

‘I go to die now’ - a betrayed soldier’s farewell letter is found after 90 years - Times Online (Britain)

Private David Martin served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers during World War I. His letter was recently found in a box of memorabilia belonging to another veteran of that war.

Orléans resident remembers his war hero grandfather, Sir Arthur Currie - EastOttowa.ca

"Captain Arthur William Currie says his grandfather’s statue behind the War Memorial immortalizes the war hero, whose theories helped take Vimy Ridge."

Army heritage Web site expands offerings - Army Times

The Warfighter Current Operations Project now has it’s own page on the Army Heritage and Education Center website.

Air Force Details Secret MiG Program - Newsday.com

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