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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Wwi: The u.s. Army Overseas

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book, American Military History, this chapter looks at the U.S. Army overseas in World War I, and gives a brief overview of the battles in which the Army was involved, and General Pershing's command in World War I.
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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Violent Response: The u.s Army in Al Falluja [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A report on the activities in 2003 of the U.S. Army in al-Falluja, an Iraqi town that has not embraced the United States occupation. Many deaths have occurred there.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The u.s. Army in Vietnam

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth look at the U.S. Army action during the Vietnam War. To find more information about Diem's overthrow, look under the section labeled 635.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Darkness and Light, the Interwar Years 1865 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a good look at the reorganization and use of the U.S. military in the years betwee the end of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.
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Vietnam War Commemoration: The u.s. Army in Vietnam, 1954 1973 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on U.S. Army involvement in Vietnam, 1954-1973, as part of the Vietnam War Commemoration.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Peace Becomes Cold War, 1945 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of historical events that led to the Cold War from the perspective of the U.S. Army. Particular emphasis is placed on military leadership and policy.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Mexican War and After

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the U.S. Army's Center of Military History offers a detailed account of the Mexican War and its important battles as well as a description of what occurred after the war.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Conditions on the u.s. Army Transports

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpt from the report of Lt. Col. B. F. Pope, Chief Surgeon of the Fifth Corps, U.S. Army, describing the conditions aboard several U.S. Army transports, which were to be used to carry troops for the invasion of Cuba.
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University of North Carolina

Doc South: u.s. Army's 30th Old Hickory Division in World War I Monument

For Students 9th - 10th
Read reference information, and view primary source documents of U.S. Army's 30th Old Hickory Division in World War I Monument in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Other

U.s. Army Women's Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Dedicated to the women who have served the United States Army, this one-of-a-kind museum is filled with artifacts, history, and research resources.
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U.s. Army: Ruth Quinn: James Armistead Lafayette (1760 1832)

For Students 9th - 10th
Spy extraordinaire of the American Revolution, James Armistead Lafayette, is featured in this biography. Armistead was born a slave in Virginia and became a member of the Continental Army in 1781.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Hyper War: u.s. Army in Wwii: Framework of Hemisphere Defense [Chap 8]

For Students 9th - 10th
A highly detailed and in-depth account of U.S./Latin America military relations in the years leading to and during WWII.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Hyper War: u.s. Army in Wwii: Framework of Hemisphere Defense [Chap 1]

For Students 9th - 10th
This chapter is a comprehensive and detailed account of the formulation of U.S. strategic defense policy in the western hemisphere prior to WWII.
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U. S. Army Research Laboratory: The Eniac Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed history of ENIAC, the world's first digital computer developed by Army Ordnance to compute World War II ballistic firing tables. Includes specifics on how the computer performed its calculations.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Learning Lessons in the American Expeditionary Forces [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Written for the U.S. Center of Military History, this article explores the military lessons learned by the deployment of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Read about the problems involved in training a fighting force for...
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Whirlwind War

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, provided by the U.S. Army, contains the hyperlinked text of The Whirlwind War, an extensive history of the Army's role in the Persian Gulf War. This is the whole book, so there is an abundance of resources here, including...
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Defense of the Americas 7 December 1941 2 September 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...
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Other

Army: Native Americans in the u.s. Army: Code Talkers

For Students 9th - 10th
During World War I and World War II, Native Americans from various tribes worked to keep American military communications secret through the use of tribal languages as code. Learn how these individuals worked to create codes that the...
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Korean War

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the Korean War itself and U.S. involvement in the Korean War.
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Other

U.s. Army: A Report on the Eniac

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a copy of the original report on the ENIAC high-speed electronic computing machine, from the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania. Includes a detailed and technical description of how the...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jewish Parachutists From Palestine

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum features the Jewish Parachutists from Palestine who volunteered to join the British Army. Describes their role in organizing resistance to the Germans and aiding in the rescue of Allied captives....
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: American Military History: Korean War, 1950 53

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed history of the Korean War from a larger work on U.S. military history: the decision to go to war, the military engagements, the stalemate, and the aftermath. [Maps included but photographs from the original publication are not.]
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Normandy the u.s. Army Campaigns of World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The American Revolution: First Phase

For Students 9th - 10th
A military history of the first years of the Revolutionary War from Lexington and Concord to the Battle of Trenton. Included is information about the problems of maintaining the Continental Army and problems for the British Army.