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This is the story of the “Ash Warriors,” those Air Force men and women who carried out their mission in the face of an incredible series of natural disasters, including volcanic eruption, flood, typhoons, and earthquakes, all of which plagued...

Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007, is a comprehensive history of the more than 120 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Written for a general audience, this book contains a profile of each African-...

Provides a history of the Army Nurse Corps from the end of the Vietnam War to the year 2000.  Written by Mary T. Sarnecky with a Foreword by Gale S. Pollock, this book focuses on an organization, the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, which the author has...

Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power.  Conversely, no enemy soldier or sailor has acted in combat without being attached or at least threatened by American air power....

Tells the story of Martin Radovan, who spent nearly 70 years searching for minerals in the Wrangell Mountains. In following his life with wife Augusta, the book touches on Alaska's connections to Hawaii, the role of women in mining communities,...

Committee Print. S. Prt. 111-62. December 2010. Provides a comprehensive review of women in the U.S. economy so that policymakers could have a better understanding of womens essential contributions to our economy and their potential to play a...

NASA SP-4112. This fascinating collection of original essays in celebration of the Wright brothers' first flight 100 years ago grew out of presentations by a group of prominent scholars in 2003 at a conference sponsored by the NASA History...

CMH 69-8-1. This volume is an account of the many currents, some ongoing, that informed the Army's struggle to design a basic training course acceptable to the nation's civil and military leadership, the general public, various special iterest...

Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 provides a comprehensive history of the more than 120 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress through 2007. Individual profiles are introduced by contextual essays...

Senate Document 110-8. Provides a collection of statements made in tribute to Lady Bird Johnson, together with other materials relating to her death.

Chronicles thirty-three years of WAC history from V-J Day 1945 to 1978, when the Women's Army Corps was abolished by Public Law 95-584 and discontinued by Department of the Army General Order 20, with the WAC officers assimilated into the other...

CMH 11-8. Discusses the experience of female soldiers both at home and overseas as their new Corps struggled against tradition and administrative hurdles. Reprint or exchange stock.

107th Congress, 1st Session.

CMH Pub 70-99-1. Chronicles the establishment and achievements of U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service, the organization that trained and employed uniformed Japanese American linguists. Tells the story of second-generation Japanese Americans (...

Published by the U.S. House of Representatives' Office of History and Preservation and the U.S. Senate Historical Office, this 16th edition of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - 2005 contains authoritative...

10th edition. Profiles the many courageous women, from Martha Washington to Laura Welch Bush, who have served the Nation as First Ladies and maintained one of the most appealing traditions of the White House: hospitality.

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This National Park Service handbook describes the many ways that blacks took to escape slavery in the southern United States before the Civil War. It includes stories of famous African American women, such as Harriet Tubman, who served in the...