The USS Silversides was one of the finest submarines called for during the onset of World War 2, and had one of the most impressive service records. Commissioned one week after Pearl Harbor, she sank dozens of ships in a…
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In Germfask Michigan there is a tank on the side of the road. It is part of a monument in honor of Edward James Doran who served in WWII. The tank itself is a M47 Patton, which was designed for…
Comments closedTo fight the Japanese during World War II, the United States. needed logistical support to for its offensive in the Pacific. The Army Air Force assigned pilots like Charles R. Emery to help ferry cargo. These crucial operations for the…
Comments closedLocated next to Duluth’s International Airport is a building that used to contain one of the Air Force’s primary systems for detecting intruding aircraft during the Cold War. The computer that the building contained was a part of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment…
Comments closedIntroduction Similar to the Panama Canal or Cross Florida Greenway is the smaller, and less known Keweenaw Waterway. An artificially produced cross peninsula body of water constructed in part by the Army Corps of Engineers. Located in Michigan, the canal…
Comments closedGeneral Billy Mitchell is most notably known for his push for US military airpower. His unrelenting commentary on the subject led to one of the most famous court martials for insubordination and his consequential resignation from the US Army. Early…
Comments closedFleet Admiral William Leahy was a major decision maker for the United States military during World War Two, serving as the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and as one of Roosevelt’s and Truman’s closest military advisors. He…
Comments closedOn the frigid morning of Friday, December 9, 1932, citizens of Grand Haven, Michigan gathered on the Government Basin pier. Cheers rose as the United States Coast Guard’s newest cutter, Escanaba, steamed up the channel, saluted the welcoming party, and docked…
Comments closedJohn Philip Sousa was born in 1854 in Washington DC, not far from the barracks where his father was a musician in the marine band. He was born to Antonio Sousa from Portugal and maria Trinkhaus of Bavaria, from which…
Comments closedUnder the War Department, the First Division of the United States military also known as ‘The Big Red One’ was founded on May 24, 1917 [1].This division although new was founded on existing divisions and would see combat throughout the…
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