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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

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

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

Silver stylized owl with radiant circles around its head, surrounded by a gold frame

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

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

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

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Upcoming Book Talk on May 14: Behind the Gas Mask

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

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

Silver stylized owl with radiant circles around its head, surrounded by a gold frame

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

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

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