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Welcome to WebOps, Armchair General’s weekly recon of links to military history news, articles, websites, and more. In military history this week, the first Air Force Combat Action Medals are awarded, About.com ponders the military genius of Atilla the Hun, and I found a new blog that tells of World War 1 in a very personal way. Clicks away!

News

Military history lives online in Bruce County, Ont. – InterGovWorld.com

The experiences of Bruce County war veterans will be preserved for years due to a recent government funding grant to digitize its military collection.

To bring WWII history to life, call in the cavalry – Independent

MIDDLETOWN – For Dr. William Anania, a podiatrist by profession, life is more than providing the community with medical care. It is also about recognizing and honoring American history, as he and the other members of the 102nd Cavalry Squadron World War II Reenactment Unit did Saturday at the Heath Farm.

New exhibit at Sackets Harbor battlefield – News 10 Now (video)

SACKETS HARBOR, N.Y. — There is a new exhibit at the battlefield in Sackets Harbor. The Red Barn exhibit features uniforms and military history during the War of 1812.

Hawken House to host Civil War-era encampment – Press Journal

The Hawken House in Webster Groves will be the setting for a Civil War-era, "living history" military encampment the weekend of July 14 and 15.

Fort Totten State Historic Site plans celebration of 140 years – Devils Lake Journal

The history of the Lake Region will come alive this weekend at the Fort Totten State Historical Site in celebration of the 140th anniversary of the fort.

Cutting open history: Public will be able to walk through LST’s bow doors – mlive.com

Work began Monday on the long-awaited cutting open of big landing doors in the bow of LST-393 — the same doors through which tanks rolled onto Omaha Beach during the D-day Invasion of June 6, 1944.

UNT military history professors available to comment on report on benchmarks for Iraq – University of North Texas News Service

Dr. Geoffrey Wawro, director of the University of North Texas Military History Center and the Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Professor of Military History, said Bush describing the war in Iraq as “complex and extremely challenging” during the news conference was a euphemism for “an extremely intractable situation in Iraq that will require a long-term occupation by American troops to resolve the situation.”

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