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Soldiers
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "The Triple Nickles": The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, 1944-1947 
 History, photographs, names, functions, and other information on this battalion of Black paratroopers. Trained for combat in World War II, these soldiers served in the Pacific Northwest as smokejumpers in Operation Fire Fly, responsible for locating and disposing of Japanese balloon bombs, and also for fire fighting. The battalion was subsequently integrated into the 82nd Airborne Division. From the 555th Parachute Infantry Association, Inc. http://www.triplenickle.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Military, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Feb 16, 2004 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
Information about the memorials and 24 American burial grounds on foreign soil maintained by this commission. Features listings of individuals interred at the cemeteries and those missing in action from the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. Includes an events calendar for observances such as Memorial Day. http://www.abmc.gov/home.php Topics: Agriculture, Death & Dying, Government, Government, History, Military Last updated Aug 9, 2007 Battlemind
This U.S. Department of Defense website, called a "training," is designed "to develop a realistic preview of the [mental] stresses and strains of deployment on Soldiers. Four training briefs have been developed and are available for Soldiers, Leaders, National Guard/Reserves, and families." Includes pre- and post-deployment information, and manuals on psychological screening and unit needs assessment. Also includes the "10 Tough Facts About Combat Brochure." From the Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP). https://www.battlemind.army.mil/ Topics: U.S. Military Last updated Jul 12, 2008 Books Go to War: The Armed Services Editions in World War Two
"This is the virtual catalog of an exhibition held ... at the University of Virginia" of Armed Services Editions (ASEs), small and inexpensive paperback books printed by various publishers to be distributed to the U.S. armed services during World War II. The site includes an illustrated history of the ASE project, the impact of ASEs on paperback book publishing, and comments about collecting ASEs. http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/ase/ Topics: Literature & Books, Media, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, World War II Last updated Nov 25, 2008 Breaking the Silence: Grethe Cammermeyer
Best known for her 1992 challenge of the ban on homosexuals serving in the military, Grethe Cammermeyer has been a nurse, a colonel, a candidate for Congress, an author, and a human rights activist. This site presents her biography, introduces her family, and addresses political, military, health, and gay issues. It includes Web links, a message board, and a place for service members to submit their stories. Cammermeyer lives in Washington state. http://www.cammermeyer.com Topics: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Notable People, Notable People: Women, U.S. Military Last updated Sep 14, 2006 Charity Navigator: Support Our Troops
Provides "a list of charities supporting [U.S.] soldiers and their families that have demonstrated exceptional financial health." Profiles of the charities include ratings (with breakdown by organizational efficiency and capacity), expenses, income statements, executive compensation, privacy policy details, and a description of each group's mission. Includes listings for charities supporting specific military branches and U.S. military veterans. From Charity Navigator, an organization that provides analysis and rating of charities. http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=531&gclid=CL_26fTM648CFTgrOAodFU88Lw Topics: Charity & Nonprofit Resources, U.S. Military Last updated Nov 29, 2007 The Civil War Letters of Galutia York
Transcriptions of a New York soldier's previously unpublished letters written to his family in 1862 and 1863. Includes regimental histories and a roster of the staff officers. Maintained by librarian Sue Greenhagen at the State University of New York (SUNY), Morrisville. http://localhistory.morrisville.edu/civil_war/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. Military, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Mar 11, 2009 ESGR: Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
This Department of Defense agency "promote[s] cooperation and understanding between Reserve component members and their civilian employers" and "assist[s] in the resolution of conflicts arising from an employee's military commitment." Find information for military members, employers, and ESGR volunteers on topics such as The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), mediation resources, and recognition programs. http://www.esgr.org/ Topics: U.S. Military Last updated May 22, 2006 Faces of the Fallen
This site contains brief profiles of "U.S. service members who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom." Each profile includes a photo (where available), age, date and circumstances of death, military unit, and a map locating the soldier's hometown. Arranged in chronological order by most recent deaths; also searchable and browsable by age, year of death, home state, military branch, or by Iraq or Afghanistan groupings. From the Washington Post. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/ Topics: Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jul 24, 2006 Fact Sheets: Tuskegee Airmen
Fact sheet about U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) "black fliers, the so-called 'Tuskegee Airmen,' [who] served with distinction in combat and directly contributed to the eventual integration of the U.S. armed services." Provides photos and history of the fliers, starting with the graduation of Tuskegee Institute's "first civilian licensed pilots in May 1940 [which] was the only source of black military pilots in WWII." From the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1356 Topics: Black Resources, U.S. Military Last updated Dec 16, 2008 French Volunteers and Supporters of the American Revolution
About two dozen brief biographies, a few with portraits, of some of the many French officers who joined the United States forces in the Revolutionary War. http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/volunt.htm Topics: History By Place, Military, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Feb 26, 2003 Go For Broke Educational Foundation
The goal of this organization is "to preserve the 'American story' of the Japanese American World War II veterans." The site features clips from over 100 oral histories, a timeline, maps, photographs, lesson plans, and material for children as well as the interactive "Virtual Veteran Experience" that chronicles the lives of five veterans. Also includes links to related sites. Requires free registration to view complete oral histories. Searchable. http://www.goforbroke.org/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Lesson Plans, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Mar 31, 2004 Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops From the Battlefields of Iraq
Companion site to a Home Box Office (HBO) program that features the letters of soldiers killed in action in Iraq. Features profiles of the families of the soldiers, a selection of letters, a discussion board, and a place to submit stories. http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/lastlettershome/ Topics: Correspondence, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Lost Poets of the Great War
Contains brief biographies and poems of World War I poets Rupert Brooke, John McCrae, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Alan Seeger, and Edward Thomas. Includes a chronology of World War I, information on casualties, and a bibliography. From a professor at the Emory University English Department. http://www.english.emory.edu/LostPoets/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Military, Notable People, Poetry, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 1, 2004 Military Personnel Statistics
Provides statistics on active duty U.S. military personnel strengths by service for the current month and year, and back to 1993, and by region area and country for 1950 and 1953 through the most recent data. Also includes service totals by rank and grade for 1994 to the present as well as women only reports for 1994 through 2001. Features selected historical medical care reports for 1978 through 1996. From the U.S. Department of Defense. http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/miltop.htm Topics: Statistics, U.S. Military, Women Last updated Aug 6, 2009 Military's Use of Malaria Drug in Question: Pentagon Studies Lariam's Side Effects After Soldiers' Suicides
This May 2004 article explores reactions from soldiers, the Pentagon, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the antimalaria drug Lariam. Includes video clips, interactive features, and related links. From CNN.com. http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/05/19/lariam/ Topics: Death & Dying, Drugs & Medications by Type, Infectious Diseases, Medical Treatments & Devices, Military Last updated Jul 27, 2004 The New Military?
This February 2005 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "Now" program reports on "American troop strength [which] is still close to the lowest levels since the beginning of the Cold War — the high for active duty Army personnel was reached in 1968 at 1,570,343. In December, 2004 that figure stood at 494,112." Features data on U.S. military personnel strength levels, and many related links. http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/troopsforiraq.html Topics: U.S. Military Last updated Apr 12, 2005 Operation Paperback: Recycled Reading for the Troops
Information on how to participate in this "grassroots organization of family, friends and web friends who collect gently used paperback books and send them to American troops deployed overseas." Also contains links to other "military support" sites. http://operationpaperback.usmilitarysupport.org/ Topics: Activism, Literature & Books, Military Last updated Feb 7, 2004 pdhealth.mil
On this site from the Department of Defense, find "information about [military] deployments, their potential health effects, current deployment-related news, and other items of interest to veterans, their families, and health care providers." Searchable and browsable. Health topics include malaria drugs, post traumatic stress, Gulf War illnesses, and much more. http://www.pdhealth.mil/ Topics: Drugs & Medications by Type, Infectious Diseases, Military Last updated Jul 27, 2004 Pennsylvania State Archives: Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS)
Search, view, and print digitized images of original military records stored at the Pennsylvania State Archives. ARIAS includes material on Pennsylvanians who served in the Revolutionary War, WWI, the Spanish American War, plus the border campaign during the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920. http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/ Topics: Military, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 3, 2002 Publications of the War
This site presents examples of World War I publications such as "newspapers, propaganda material...comical gifts" and postcards. Most notable is a complete run of The Hydra, a newsletter the poet Wilfred Owen contributed to during his stay at Craiglockhart War Hospital. From Oxford University. http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/pubs/ Topics: Communications, Government, Military, Poetry, Politics, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 29, 2004 The Ritchie Boys
This site is a companion to a film and a 2005 book about a group of young men known as The Ritchie Boys, "who fled Nazi Germany and returned to Europe [during World War II] as soldiers in US-uniforms. ... In Camp Ritchie, Maryland, they were trained in intelligence and psychological warfare." Includes brief biographies of the men involved, vintage postcards of the camp, and a discussion forum. In English and German. http://www.ritchieboys.com Topics: History By Place, Military, Notable People, World War II Last updated Feb 22, 2006 Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act
"If you're a reserve component service member called to active duty, you're protected by a law that can save you some legal problems and possibly some money as well." The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act (SSCRA) can provide such benefits as "reduced interest rate on mortgage payments, reduced interest rate on credit card debt, protection from eviction....and delay of...civil court actions." From the Department of Defense (DOD). http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/Relief_Act_Revision/ Topics: Military Last updated Mar 20, 2003 The Soldier's Heart
Companion website to a 2005 PBS Frontline program that "explores the psychological cost of war and investigates whether the military is doing enough to help the many combat veterans coming home with emotional problems." Features video of the full program and additional stories, interviews, readings, and expert options about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers. Includes 2007 updates on some of the people featured in the program, and a link to a related Frontline report. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/ Topics: Mental Conditions, U.S. Military Last updated Dec 21, 2007 The Span of War
Collection of human interest stories related to U.S. armed forces in Iraq. Covers topics such as families of soldiers, injuries and deaths, immigrant soldiers, the recruitment gap, National Guard training, and mental health concerns. Includes images and audio of the programs. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1078 Topics: U.S. Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Survival, Evasion, and Recovery: Multiservice Procedures for Survival, Evasion, and Recovery
This U.S. military manual is "designed to assist Service members in a survival situation regardless of geographic location." Includes chapters on concealment, navigation, signaling, medical self help, water, food, nuclear and chemical conditions, and related topics. An appendix, "The Will to Survive," covers the psychology of survival and spiritual conditions. Opens directly into a PDF file. Published by the Air Land Sea Application Center for unlimited distribution, on GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/21-76-1/fm_21-76-1survival.pdf Topics: U.S. Military Last updated Jun 11, 2008 Time Off: Military Leave
Overview of the "laws and legislation [that] protect members of the uniformed services from certain workplace uncertainties, allowing reservists and guardsmen to leave their civilian posts to serve their country without having to worry about job security," and related matters. Topics include job protection, pay protection ("employer is generally not required to provide compensation"), health care, and reemployment guarantees. Includes links to related sites. From Salary.com. http://salary.com/personal/layoutscripts/psnl_resources.asp?tab=psn&cat=cat011&ser=ser031&part=par086 Topics: Jobs & Work, U.S. Military Last updated Jan 5, 2007 Tuskegee Airmen Facts
Fact sheet about the Tuskegee Airmen, "who volunteered [during World War II] to become America's first Black military airmen. ... Tuskegee University was awarded the U.S. Army Air Corps contract to help train America's first Black military aviators." Also includes listings of the squadron officers and airmen (with images of the squadron emblems), and a photo gallery. From Tuskegee University, Alabama. http://www.tuskegee.edu/global/story.asp?s=1127695 Topics: Black Resources, U.S. Military Last updated Dec 15, 2008 U.S. Army Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)
Information about the IRR, which is comprised of retired or separated soldiers who "may be called upon to fill vacancies in Army Reserve units and may replace Soldiers in Active and Reserve Units." From Globalsecurity.org, an organization that "seeks to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons and the risk of their use." http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/usar-irr.htm Topics: U.S. Military Last updated Dec 22, 2004 War Without End
This March 2006 series of newspaper articles looks at the challenges facing U.S. soldiers severely wounded in the Iraq War. "More than 16,000 U.S. soldiers have been wounded -- almost 400 have lost arms, legs, hands or feet." Features articles about wounded soldiers and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, photos slideshows, and a podcast from the reporter on the series. From SFGate.com, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/warwithoutend/ Topics: Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 28, 2006 Warletters.com: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
This site is from the Legacy Project, a "national, all-volunteer effort dedicated to encouraging Americans to seek out and preserve wartime correspondence before these letters are lost or damaged." The site includes information about how to preserve and display letters, and about donating letters to the project. Also features information on the Armed Services Editions (ASEs) program, which distributes free paperback books to American troops. http://www.warletters.com/ Topics: Correspondence, Military Last updated Aug 29, 2004 Women in Army History
Collection of exhibits and documents related to women in the United States Army. Highlights include detailed documents on the Women's Army Corps in World War II and history of the Army Nurse Corps. Includes historical images and related links. From the Center of Military History (CMH), United States Army. http://www.history.army.mil/topics/women/Women-USA.htm Topics: U.S. Military, United States History, Women Last updated Jul 8, 2008 Women In Military Service For America Memorial
This site describes the memorial (in Washington, D.C.), recounts and honors the stories and struggles of military women "who have served in our nation's defense during all eras and in all services." Also find women commemorated on U.S. postal stamps, educational resources, news, and a bibliography. Search the Register for "military histories, photographs and memorable military experiences of registered servicewomen." http://www.womensmemorial.org/ Topics: Military, Photograph Collections, U.S. Military, United States History, Women Last updated Mar 8, 2005 Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation: Resources
Links to articles on the role of women in the U.S. military beginning with the American Revolution, including essays on Black, Asian-American, Hispanic, and Native American women in the armed forces; a narrative of the struggle for racial equality by Army veterans Sarah Louise Keys and her attorney, Dovey Johnson Roundtree; and an article on military women honored on U.S. postage stamps. From the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. http://www.womensmemorial.org/Education/edresource.html Topics: Black Resources, Native Americans, Notable People: Women, U.S. Military, United States History, Women Last updated Mar 8, 2005 Women Soldiers of the Civil War
Article discussing and documenting several of the possibly hundreds of women who served as soldiers in both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. From the spring 1993 issue of Prologue, the quarterly journal of the National Archives. http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-1.html Topics: History, Notable People: Women, United States History, Wars & Conflicts, Women Last updated Jul 28, 2005 World War I Soldiers Remembered
This collection offers a glimpse into the trials and triumphs of Washington state "soldiers of World War I as revealed through their letters, records and photographs." Includes biographical profiles, maps, artwork, photographs, and documents from the Spokane Public Library and the Office of the Secretary of State. Requires download of free DJVU Viewer software. Also includes a searchable database of service records. Presented by the Washington State Library and Washington State Archives. http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/ww1/ Topics: Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Oct 14, 2004 |
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