- Naval Historical Center@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Navy/Naval_Historical_Center
- Kilroy Was Here
Unknown and less-known stories of WWII and the Korean war, rediscovered places, personal stories of combat and the home front, and legends such as Gremlins and foofighters.
www.kilroywashere.org
- Home of Heroes
Virtual museum with individual citations of all Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and photos of more than 900 of them.
www.homeofheroes.com
- U.S. Army Center of Military History
Includes extensive collection of online documents devoted to U.S. military history from the Colonial Era to the present.
www.army.mil/cmh-pg
- War Letters
Companion site to the Legacy Project, and to Andrew Carroll's book War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars. Provides information on submitting letters to the project, as well as preserving correspondence for posterity.
www.warletters.com
- Instances of Use of United States Forces Abroad, 1798-1993
Lists 234 instances in which the U.S. has used its armed forces abroad in situations of conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes.
www.history.navy.mil/wars/foabroad.htm
- Society of the Military Horse
Devoted to the history of the horse in military service. Features image archives, equipment information, and ordinance reports.
www.militaryhorse.org
- History of U.S. Armies in Uniform
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Collection of U.S. Army and USMC uniforms in 1/6th scale from 1747 to the present.
www.tekawiz.com
- Stars & Stripes Museum/Library Association
Traces the history of the U.S. armed forces newspaper from its origins in Bloomfield, MO, during the Civil War to the present.
www.starsandstripesmuseumlibrary.org
- U.S. Army Military History Institute (MHI)
Working to preserve the Army's history and ensure access to historical research materials.
carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi
- Coastal Fortification on the Gulf of Mexico
Features descriptions and photos of Gulf coast forts constructed from 1817 to 1945.
andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com/coastal.html
- Casualties from America's Wars
Index of casualty figures for America's major wars and conflicts.
www.historyguy.com/american_war_casualties.html
- Scuttlebutt & Small Chow
Illustrated features on 19th-century shipboard Marines, Marines in WWI, Belleau Wood, China, and Wake Island.
www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com
- Price of Freedom: Americans at War
Examines how wars have shaped the history of the United States and transformed American society. Includes learning resources, movies, and more.
americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory
- African-American Warriors
Includes overview of African-Americans in the military as well as brief biographies of individuals.
www.aawar.net
- U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare
Examines controversial events, with a particular emphasis on U.S. involvement in the Philippines and Vietnam.
www.wooster.edu/history/jgates/book-contents.html
- American Experience: War Letters
Contains program transcript, excerpts from soldiers' letters home from the Civil War to Vietnam, a chronology of U.S. military actions from 1775 to the 1990s, and more.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/warletters
- Brief History of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1830-1945
Photo essay with sections on the Second and Third System forts, the Civil War, the Endicott Period, the Taft Period, and World War II.
www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Base/3495/FortHistory.html
- West Point in the Making of America
Discusses the history of the U.S. Military Academy, its graduates, and their impact on United States history.
americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint
- Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919
Complete run of the U.S. Army's newspaper for its forces in France. From the Library of Congress.
www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/sgphtml/sashtml/sashome.html
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