Integrating women into a peacetime military
In 1948, Congress passed the “Women's Armed Services Integration Act,” allowing women to serve in the military during peacetime for the first time in U.S....
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...
James Runnals
Sgt., later Ensign, James Runnals, served six months in 1779 in Col. Mooney’s New Hampshire Militia regiment. James began receiving a pension of $50.34 in 1833 for...
Keep ‘em fighting
In this World War II poster, showing a muscular sailor with ammunition, the National Safety Council admonishes workers on the home front to maintain productivity by...
Land grant at age 92
Pvt. Theophilis Swain, who died in 1819, served in the New Hampshire Militia for three months in 1780 defending West Point, New York. His widow, Elizabeth, filed this...
Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. Jackson
This is a drawing of Medal of Honor recipient Lieutenant Colonel Joe. M. Jackson. The caption below his image tells the story of his heroic action. On May 12, 1968,...
"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....