Blogs
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Guardians of the Sea: The Legacy of Ocean Stations
By Bob von Bargen, Colonel, USAF (Retired) On April 14, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic struck an iceberg and ...
Colonel Nelson Mellitz: A Lifetime of Service, Advocacy, and Patriotism
At the Armed Forces Heritage Museum, we proudly recognize the contributions of veterans who have served not only on the ...
How One Man — and a War — Changed Mail Delivery Forever
The Story of Colonel Absalom H. Markland There are things in life we use every day without a second thought ...
New Jersey and Military Munitions
During the summer of 1916, as "The Great War" — later known as World War I — raged across Europe, ...
Military Brats
Growing Up in a Military Family Children of military service members are often called "military brats." This term is not ...
Arthur Seltzer, D-Day 1944
Arthur Seltzer was nineteen years old as he stood in a landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, ...
“I Didn’t Do Anything” — Why Every Veteran’s Story Matters
One of the most common phrases I hear when interviewing veterans at the Armed Forces Heritage Museum in Burlington, NJ, ...
Military Memories: Camp Merritt and America’s Rush to War – World War I
Ever hear of Camp Merritt? Tucked away in Bergen County, NJ, it was the last stop for over a million ...