Legacy – Citizen-Soldier

Legacy

Forged in War: The Birth of the Jeep in World...

Years before the development of the prototypes, Soldiers nicknamed a gun-hauling tractor the Jeep.

As Germany and Japan were wreaking havoc throughout the world in 1939, many Americans felt that the overseas wars...

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The Bedford Boys

How the National Guard Bedford Boys Gave Its All on D-Day

On the morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied warships assembled in the English Channel as part of the biggest invasion...

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Give Up No Ground

PVT Henry Johnson was the first American war hero of the war to end all wars, but his fight did not end in the trenches.

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, over...

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The Army National Guard’s First Muster

Born in Need: The Army National Guard’s First Muster

The oldest component of the United States Armed Forces, the Army National Guard, has always been the cornerstone of our Nation’s defense. “Always Ready,...

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Sergeant Stubby

A Guard Soldier’s Best Friend

Across the United States in the late spring of 1917, millions of Americans were preparing to enter the “war to end all wars” that had been raging across...