Alaska Veterans Museum

Military History – Veteran’s Stories

Tuskegee Airman Harry Stewart Part 1 of 2

Tuskegee Airman Harry Stewart by Todd DePastino In May (2024), Harry Stewart joined us on Greatest Generation Live. Harry grew up during Jim Crow, served in a segregated military, and has lived to be one of the most decorated US combat pilots. Having him talk with us...

WW2 US Escort Carriers Named After Alaska Bays

WW2 US Escort Carriers Named After Alaska Bays During WW2 the US Navy built 50 Casablanca Class escort carriers. Thirteen of them were named as part of a tradition of escort carriers being named after bays or sounds in Alaska. One was also named after the Battle of...

The Last Frontier Honor Flight Part 2

  The Alaska Honor flight arrives today from their 1-5 Oct 24 flight. If you have the time, celebrate their arrival at Ted Stevens. The History and our Mission of Honor Flight The History of Honor Flight The Honor Flight Network program was conceived by Earl...

The Last Frontier Honor Flight Part 1

  The Alaska Honor flight arrives tomorrow from their 1-5 Oct 24 flight. If you have the time, celebrate their arrival at Ted Stevens. The Last Frontier Honor Flight The Last Frontier Honor Flight’s mission is to celebrate Alaska war Veterans with a trip to...

Norwegian fishing boat confronted Russian warship

Small Norwegian fishing boat confronted Russian warship during live-shooting exercise Shootings or not, the fishermen wanted to secure their catch and confronted the Northern Fleet’s large destroyer Admiral Levchenko in the maritime border area north of the...

Andoya, Norway: military experts suspect sabotage

Andøya has a strategically important airfield and a space launch center. It is also the future base of Norway’s new long-range drones. Military experts suspect sabotage at Andøya A cable that was connected to a jammer at the North Norwegian island has been cut...