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ACG WebOps (9 June 2007)Jim H. Moreno | June 10, 2007 | 0 comments | Print | E-mail
Welcome to WebOps, Armchair General’s weekly recon of links to military history news, articles, websites, and more. WebOps debuts its’ brand new very own del.icio.us RSS feed this week! The World War II Victory Museum is expanding to become the National Military History Center, the NOVA and PBS television networks combine their talents on a military history program called Great Escape, and the Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast has returned with episode #22. Clicks away! NewsMass Holocaust grave found in Ukraine - Yahoo! News KIEV, Ukraine - A mass grave holding the remains of thousands of Jews killed by the Nazis has been found in southern Ukraine near the site of what was once a concentration camp, a Jewish community representative said Tuesday.
National Military History Center Being Planned - Inside Indiana Business The World War II Victory Museum in Auburn will soon be expanded into a new center known as the National Military History Center. The Dean V. Kruse Foundation says it will announce the facility during a press conference on June 14. The center will pay tribute to U.S. military history from the Revolutionary War to the present. The American Veterans Hall of Honor will be located within the center and will induct vets who have distinguished themselves.
WWII Vet Remembers Service - Army.mil WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 5, 2007) - A World War II veteran who fought the Nazis with Patton’s 3rd Army found himself reminiscing about the war during a Pentagon tour one week before the 63rd anniversary of D-Day.
Area veterans remember the largest invasion in military history.
Intrepid Ceremony Commemorates D-Day - Military.com NEW YORK - The historic aircract carrier USS Intrepid is fresh from a body scrub and makeover, including a stem-to-stern painting with 7,000 gallons of traditional naval haze-gray - enough to cover about 400 large houses.
Articles Know Your Military History: The Big Red One - Associated Content 1917 marks the beginning of the First Infantry Division, better known as The Big Red One. General John (Blackjack) Pershing arrived in France with the first American Expeditionary Force. The fighting first lead the way for troops in World War One.
June 6, 1944: Artifical Harbor Paves the Way for Normandy Invasion - Wired 1944: The invasion of Normandy was as much a triumph of technology as it was a feat of logistics or firepower. That an invasion was coming was well known by everyone, including the Germans. The only question was, where would the Allies land? The Germans expected a landing near Calais, where the English Channel is narrowest and where the invaders would have access to a deep-water port. Pages: 1 2 3Help Armchair General by bookmarking to
           
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