July 19, 1941 – At midnight there is a BBC broadcast by “Colonel Britton” urging the creation of resistance forces with the slogan “V for Victory.” The BBC has been introducing programs to Europe with the Morse signal for V for some time. Following this...
After three years of a bloody and frustrating war, the United States, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the Korean War to an end. The armistice ended America’s first experiment with the Cold War concept of...
About 400 miles southeast of Fiji, the American aircraft carriers Wasp, Enterprise and Saratoga rendezvous with the invasion force for Guadalcanal. It is the most powerful force the US Navy has yet assembled in the Pacific.CAPT Joy Bright Hancock appointed Director,...
The entire membership of the National Guard was drafted into federal service for World War I. After war was declared in April 1917, National Guard units were first called into federal service by President Wilson under the militia clause of the Constitution. Most of...
The US Senate voted to allow women to fly combat aircraft.Jeannie Marie Leavitt (née Flynn; born c. 1967) is a United States Air Force general officer. She became the United States Air Force’s first female fighter pilot in 1993, and was the first woman to...
Join us November 3 at the Coast International Inn for celebration and fundraising for the Alaska Veterans Musuem. Doors open at 5:30. Tickets are $65 or $120 for a couple and cover dinner and your annual membership. Click here to purchase your tickets.Want to make a...