Born over 200 years ago
This is the illustrated family record of John Moyer. To receive a pension for his 13 months’ service in Pulaski’s Legion of the Maryland Line during the...
Brigadier General Colin Luther Powell
Born to Jamaican immigrant parents in Harlem, New York, in 1937, Colin Powell earned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for action in Vietnam. Seen in this 1976...
Burial at Arlington National Cemetery
In 1950, the body of Sergeant First Class John Rice was brought back from Korea for burial. Rice’s wife had purchased a gravesite near her home, but when cemetery...
Camouflage
The campus of American University in Washington, DC was used for training and weapons storage during World War I. This soldier was demonstrating a uniform designed to...
Captain Vargas, United States Marine
This is a draft of the citation that would accompany the award of the Medal of Honor to Marine Captain Manuel S. Vargas. Vargas saved the lives of many of his men...
Carded
This card contains information about the Civil War military service of John Henry Chase. Chase, who lived in Charles County, Maryland, served in the 23rd Regiment,...
Children awarded pension
Pvt. Jacob Shoemaker of Pennsylvania served in Col. Henry Haller’s Battalion of the Flying Camp. He was in the Battle of Long Island, New York, and was discharged...