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Revolutionary War 1775–1783 Approximately 231,000 people served in the Continental Army at various times between 1775 and 1783. Three of those people were Margaret Corbin, Cuffee Saunders, and Henry Knox. Though each played a vital role in the...
Civil War
Civil War 1861–1865 The Union Army had more than 2,000,000 members over the course of the Civil War. Federico Fernández Cavada, Pauline Cushman, and Edward Day Cohota were three who fought for the United States in different ways. Cavada served in...
World War I
World War I 1914–1918 During World War I, 4.7 million Americans served in the military, among them Louis Santop Loftin, Ella Jane Osborn, and James Reese Europe. Louis Santop Loftin served in the US Navy, leaving behind a successful career in Negro...
Cold War
Cold War Korea: 1950–1953 Vietnam: 1959–1975 More than 35 million people served in the US Armed Forces during the Cold War between September 2, 1945, and December 26, 1991. During the Korean War, Walter Schirra Jr. flew missions with the 154th...
World War I
World War I (A Six-Week Compressed Course, Term I) Led by : Prof. Michael Neiberg (US Army War College) Course Number : AMHI 655 Semesters : Summer 2017, Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Summer 2024 (Term I) Image: Adolph Treidler, For Every Fighter a...
Cold War, Warm Hearth
In the summer of 1959, a young couple married and spent their honeymoon in a fallout shelter. Life magazine featured the "sheltered honeymoon" with a photograph of the duo smiling on their lawn, surrounded by dozens of canned goods...
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