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Topics varied and included military history, contemporary weaponry, training exercises, cooperation with allied forces, and Army sporting activities. [ 1 ] The half-hour weekly program was filmed on the Astoria stages, now Kaufman Astoria Studios , which is a historic movie studio located in the Astoria section of the New York City borough of ...
Atwater has appeared as a firearms and ordnance expert in many documentaries regarding military history on such television channels as The History Channel, TLC, Discovery Channel, and The Military Channel. One of Atwater's recent projects is preserving some of the last remaining historic military assets in the world. Atwater said of the ...
[2] [3] Pressure from Washington [4] and the large volume of military business led Congress to establish the Board of War and Ordnance on June 12, 1776. [5] Five delegates of Congress, initially John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, assisted by a permanent secretary, Richard Peters, composed the Board ...
The social history of soldiers and veterans in United States history covers the role of Army soldiers and veterans in the United States from colonial foundations to the present, with emphasis on the social, cultural, economic and political roles apart from strictly military functions. It also covers the militia and the National Guard.
The study of military history in universities remains seriously underdeveloped. Indeed, lack of interest in and disdain for military history probably constitute one of the strangest prejudices of the profession. [4] [5] In recent decades University level courses in military history remain popular; often they use films to humanize the combat ...
Jul. 21—Approximately 125 Stillwater residents gathered on Thursday evening at the Sheerar History Museum to watch the premiere screening of a documentary by film director and writer Bill Lowe.
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The military history of the American side of the war involved different strategies over the years. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] The bombing campaigns of the Air Force were tightly controlled by the White House for political reasons, and until 1972 avoided the main Northern cities of Hanoi and Haiphong and concentrated on bombing jungle supply trails ...