“I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States…”
This 1942 photograph of four recruits taking their oath of enlistment records a ritual performed since the Revolutionary War. Both enlisted men and officers in...
"Inspiration to all the men in his company"
First Lieutenant Onless C. Brister submitted this statement describing the medical aid Private First Class Desmond Doss gave to injured soldiers from April 29 to May...
It’s all covered
This envelope held the enlistment papers and other military documents pertaining to Private Nathaniel M. McGehee's service with Company M of the 3rd Regiment of the...
"Like a miracle"
Sergeant James Lundie submitted this statement describing his rescue by Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. Jackson on May 12, 1968, at Kham Duc, Republic of Vietnam....
Military departments
The War Department, to ease command and control of the Army as it operated across the country, divided the United States into military departments in the early 1850s....
National Cemetery in Yorktown, Virginia
Adjacent to the battlefield where the American Revolution ended in 1781 and surrounded by Civil War battlefields, Yorktown National Cemetery was established in 1866....
Outstanding heroism
On May 15, 1968, fighter pilot Captain Robert M. Gatewood submitted this memorandum detailing the events of May 12 at Kham Duc, in the Republic of Vietnam. His memo...