Army Almanac – Spring 2024
Take a journey through summers of yore with this issue’s Army Almanac, featuring thirty-plus important dates in Army history.
Take a journey through summers of yore with this issue’s Army Almanac, featuring thirty-plus important dates in Army history.
The declaration of war on 6 April 1917 put the training camp idea on hold in favor of actual conscription and mustering of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). As a
The Army’s daily ration underwent little change between 1775 and the 1890s, and, in some ways, the Army took a number of steps backwards. Vegetables and spruce beer were eliminated
After a series of Union setbacks in the summer of 1861, it became clear that subduing the Confederacy would not be achieved by way of a single decisive battle. In
Joseph Holt was born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in 1807. He attended Saint Joseph College and later moved to Louisville where he apprenticed to be an attorney.
Length Feature articles should be 3,000 to 5,500 words long. Unit History, Soldier, Tools of War, and Post articles should be 1,500 to 2,500 words. Sidebars to features or other articles should be
Many infantry weapons past and present—automatic rifles, submachine guns, assault rifles, and general purpose machine guns—can be traced directly to World War I.
Constituted on 18 January 1943 in the Army of the United States, the 63d Infantry Division, given the special designation “Blood and Fire,” first saw action in Europe when elements
E Pluribus Unum (“Out of Many, One”), perfectly describes the invincible American defense line, established by Major General Andrew Jackson, which inflicted massive casualties on a powerful British force at
The Army Historical Foundation is the designated official fundraising organization for the National Museum of the United States Army.
We were established in 1983 as a member-based, charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We seek to educate future Americans to fully appreciate the sacrifices that generations of American Soldiers have made to safeguard the freedoms of this Nation. Our funding helps to acquire and conserve Army historical art and artifacts, support Army history educational programs, research, and publication of historical materials on the American Soldier, and provide support and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals. This is a non-federal entity. It is not part of the department of defense or any of its components, and it has no government status.