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ACG WebOps 24-30 September 2006Jim H. Moreno September 30, 2006 | 0 comments | Print | E-mail
Welcome to WebOps, Armchair General’s first website column! Here you’ll find an array of links relative to military history news, articles, websites, and more. In the news this week: ‘Thunderbirds’, ‘Flying Tigers’, and a ‘Tokyo Rose’. Oh, and has anyone seen a stray H-bomb missing since 1958? Clicks away! News"More than 60 years after two Canadian airmen were shot down over the Netherlands in World War II, their families are returning to Europe to bury the men’s recently recovered remains." Dutch to bury WWII Canadian flyers Salvage Halifax 1944 Foundation "Shinzo Abe is planning a revolution in Japan which will see the return of a full-strength imperial army for the first time since the Second World War." Japan’s quiet successor vows to restore army "About 1,500 people attended Saturday’s re-enactment of a Civil War battle on the grounds of the Wade House, watching dozens of men in Union blue and Confederate gray match military wits and strategy for nearly an hour in a steady drizzle." Civil War Weekend re-engages old enemies: North versus South " The National Archives has microfilmed the records from the 14 Southern states and territories as well as the records of the general and staff members of the Confederate States of America." More Civil War vet records arrive locally "Past enlisted airmen once stationed in Europe now have a place dedicated to the telling of their story." Ramstein room lets enlisted airmen tour parts of their history Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Sam E. Parish "The 45th Infantry Museum in Oklahoma City is celebrating its 30th birthday today, and Edmond resident Bill Stearns looks back at every one of those 30 years with pride and fondness." Edmond man recalls 30 years of Infantry Museum history "She was the first of West Point’s "Class of 9-11" to die in war. Emily Perez, the highest ranking black and Hispanic woman cadet in corps history, was buried at this storied military academy Tuesday, two weeks after she was killed by a bomb in Iraq." Pages: 1 2 3 4 5
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