Author Ben Runkle visits the Museum & Library to discuss his book which provides a fascinating history of  the U.S. Army’s greatest World War II Commanders in the years between the Great War and World War 2.

Major General Brian Winski visits the Museum amp; Library to discuss the 101st Airborne Division and the role of the U.S. Army. Major General Winski is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He commissioned through ROTC and entered active duty as an…

Major General Brian Winski visits the Museum & Library to discuss the 101st Airborne Division and the role of the U.S. Army.

Captain Ben Nicks enlisted in the US Army in 1941, with the understanding that he would serve for one year. Soon after, he was asked to join the Army Air Force. For training, he would travel from Arkansas to Missouri, and to Texas, where he would meet…

Captain Ben Nicks enlisted in the US Army in 1941, with the understanding that he would serve for one year. Soon after, he was asked to join the Army Air Force. For training, he would travel from Arkansas to Missouri, and to Texas, where he would meet his...

PFC Howell Malham served in the US Marine Corps, 22nd Regiment during World War II. He was a combatant in the Battle of Okinawa, in April, 1945. Shortly after the island was secured, he was hit with a bullet from a Japanese sniper during a mopping…

PFC Howell Malham served in the US Marine Corps, 22nd Regiment during World War II. He was a combatant in the Battle of Okinawa, in April, 1945. Shortly after the island was "secured", he was hit with a bullet from a Japanese sniper during a "mopping up" mission....

Born in Buffalo, New York, Rung was drafted to the United States Navy, in 1943 when he was eighteen years old. He had done his basic training at the Sampson Naval Training Base in Geneva, New York. But once his superiors discovered his auto-mechanics…

Born in Buffalo, New York, Rung was drafted to the United States Navy, in 1943 when he was eighteen years old. He had done his basic training at the Sampson Naval Training Base in Geneva, New York. But once his superiors discovered his auto-mechanics background,...

Author Paula Thornhill visits the Museum amp; Library to discuss her book about institutions, challenges and evolution in the American military since 1789.