Iowa’s Red Horse in Action
M8 75mm gun motor carriages of the 113th Cavalry, Iowa National Guard, conduct a fire mission with their 75mm guns outside of Heure le Romain, Belgium on September 9, 1944.
View ArticleScenes from Katrina
New Orleans, September 2005. Some of my moments in the city, Post-Hurricane Katrina, when I was embedded with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon National Guard. We were in North-Central, based out...
View ArticleThe Curious Case of the Ohio National Guard’s 147th Infantry
Men of the 147th on a heavy weapons range learning how to fire a captured Japanese Nambu machine gun. The photo was taken on New Caledonia Island in November 1944. During the Second World War, the Ohio...
View ArticleInto the Dead City: With 2-162 Infantry in New Orleans 2005, Part I
First glimpse of New Orleans, September 8,2005. New Orleans, Louisiana September 8, 2005 Ten Days After Hurricane Katrina The dog trotted alongside our bus as we rolled to a halt next to a small...
View ArticleThe Cold War Chemical Weapons Depot Today
Out in the Eastern Oregon desert, the U.S. Army built a massive facility in 1941 as part of its pre-war expansion program. Called the Umatilla Army Depot, this bleak spot in the middle of the desert,...
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