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Archive for the Military science Category (18 Posts)

Photos of planes, men in military uniform, and pilots; diaries and hand-written notes; a map; and article clippings.

Finding Bill at the Library of Congress: History of WWII Glider Pilots (part 2)

Posted by: Natalie Burclaff

Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Military science, World War II

Photos of planes, men in military uniform, and pilots; diaries and hand-written notes; a map; and article clippings.

Finding Bill at the Library of Congress: History of WWII Glider Pilots and Glider Aircraft Manufacturing (Part 1)

Posted by: Natalie Burclaff

Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Military science, World War II

Black and White photograph Signing of the Japanese surrender document aboard the U.S.S. “Missouri” in Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945.

Historical Science Collections from WWII to the Postwar Period

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Posted in: Military science, Technical Reports and Standards

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Nobel Physicist Ernest O. Lawrence: A Small Town, Cyclotrons, and the Birth of Big Science

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Military science, Nobel Laureate, Science

Photograph taken from below of a British tank on the crest of a small hill above a steep slope

World War I: The Tech of the Tank

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Military science, World War I

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Upcoming Book Talk on May 14: Behind the Gas Mask

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Military science, Technical Reports and Standards, World War I

image of an old cannon on the front left of the image facing away from the cameran with a large tree to the right taking up most of the image

The Bicentennial of a Big Battle in New Orleans and the End of a War

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Military science, New Orleans

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Five Questions (The Intern Edition): Camron T. Lee

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Posted in: Five Questions, Military science, Technical Reports and Standards

Photographic print. Inflation of the balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter the Battle of Fair Oaks; Lowe, not visible in this image, is standing to the right of the balloon.

The Aeronauts

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Biography, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Inventions, Military science