The M240B General Purpose Machine Gun
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.
America’s Atomic Army of the 1950’s and the Pentomic Division
Throughout the twentieth century, the Army was in a state of constant transformation and reform driven by changing missions and technological advances. The development of nuclear weapons at the end of World War II resulted in it becoming virtually irrelevant in the 1950s. General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, running for President in 1952, promised to end the Korean War, which had devolved into a bloody stalemate.
M113 (Armored Personnel Carrier)
The M113, measuring 15 feet, 11 inches long, 8 feet, 10 inches wide, and 8 feet, 2 inches in height, and weighing just over twelve tons, could carry eleven fully equipped soldiers and a crew of two (driver and track commander).
From the Army Art Collection – The U.S Army in Korea
Nearly two years after the last American occupation troops pulled out, North Korean People’s Army forces crossed the 38th parallel on 25 June 1950 in attempt to unify the Korean peninsula under communist rule
Trophy of War: Korean War Bugle
The National Museum of the U.S. Army has in its collection a rare and intriguing artifact—a battle-battered Chinese bugle. It is a relic of a forgotten battlefield and a forgotten […]
Army Strong on Frozen Battlefields
As winter sets in and temperatures begin to drop, the Foundation is taking a look at some of the Museum exhibits remembering the service of Soldiers in unforgiving cold temperatures. […]
The Donut Dollies of Vietnam
Over 600 Donut Dollies responded to the somewhat opaque Red Cross’s ads seeking “qualified young women who were willing to serve one year overseas.”
8204th Army Unit (American Graves Registration Service Group)
The first shipload of remains of Americans killed in Korea arrived in Japan on 3 January 1951. By the end of January almost 5,000 bodies had been removed from military cemeteries […]
300th Field Artillery, WYARNG
While soldiers of the Army National Guard, the descendents of colonial and state militias, have played less of a direct combat role in the Army’s most recent conflicts, National Guard […]
5th Infantry Regiment
With its lineage extending back to 1808 when the Army organized the 4th Infantry, the 5th Infantry Regiment is one of the Army’s longest serving infantry units. In 1815, several […]
