ACG WebOps (12 May 2007)

Jim H. Moreno | May 13, 2007  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

Welcome to WebOps, Armchair General’s weekly recon of links to military history news, articles, websites, and more. In this week’s edition, Dan Carlin’s hardcore History profiles the military history of the Steppe, the military history carnival continues on, and two museums open brand new military history exhibits. Clicks away!

News

Tuskegee Airmen joining Army Heritage Day - The Sentinel Online

Army Heritage Day takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 19 and will highlight the 250th anniversary of Carlisle Barracks and the opening of the completed World War II area at the Army Heritage Trail. It is free and open to the public and refreshments will be available for purchase.

N.C. military history gallery opens at museum - WILSONETIMES.COM

RALEIGH — Eleven wars in one exhibit gallery. For the first time, visitors to the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh will see artifacts from the American Revolution to the war in Iraq in one exhibit. "A Call to Arms: North Carolina Military History Gallery" is filled with weapons, uniforms, homefront items, photographs and other objects from wars that have touched thousands of Tar Heel lives. This long-term exhibit is dedicated to North Carolinians who have answered "a call to arms." Admission is free.

History Museum to Open World War II Exhibit - Chattanoogan.com

The Chattanooga Regional History Museum will open a new exhibit, “The Way Ahead Looks so Dark”: Chattanoogans and the Second World War, on May 25th.

Articles

Visits to military sites add historic insights - Memphis Commercial Appeal

For most Americans, Memorial Day means one of two things: the unofficial beginning of summer (which doesn’t actually start until June 21 or the mosquitoes start biting) or just another three-day weekend without the boss barking at you.

For others, though, Memorial Day (officially May 28) signifies a time of remembrance, honor and reverence of American soldiers who lost their lives during times of military conflict.

WWII hero talks history - The Ironton Tribune

It’s not every day that history comes alive for students.

But on Wednesday, instead of reading about the Great Depression or World War II, the students of Dawson Bryant High School got to listen to Woody Williams who went through both.

A Forgotten Holocaust: US Bombing Strategy, the Destruction of Japanese Cities and the American Way of War from the Pacific War to Iraq [*] - Japan Focus

What is the logic and what have been the consequences—for its victims, for subsequent global patterns of warfare and for international law—of new technologies of mass destruction and their application associated with the rise of air power and bombing technology in World War II and after?

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