Major Herman Killmeyer – 911 MAW
Remembering Major Herman Killmeyer and the men and women of the 911th Military Airlift Wing
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Author: AFHM
The Roebling Alligator: From Hurricane Rescue to Battlefield Hero
By Bob von Bargen, Colonel, USAF Retired Based on materials from veteransbreakfastclub.org and historical archives Few machines in military history
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Why John Paul Jones is No Longer “The Father of the US Navy”
By Bob von Bargen, Colonel USAF Retired Excerpted from an article at veteransbreakfastclub.org. When I was in school, textbooks told
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The “Hello Girls”: America’s Unsung Heroines of World War I
By Bob von Bargen, Colonel USAF Retired When the United States entered World War I in 1917, its military forces
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The Rest of the Story: The “All American” B-17 and a Burlington Hero
One of the most iconic photographs from the Second World War shows the remarkable survival of a severely damaged Boeing
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