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Celebrate Nurses Week with the Military Nurse

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The nurse has a long history of serving the United States military. Surgeon General established criteria for a reserve group of contract nurses to care for sick and injured service members. Military nurses served in humanitarian missions throughout the 1980’s, providing care around the world to earthquake, hurricane and famine victims.

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Their War Too: U.S. Women in the Military During WWII. Part I

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This year, we are focusing on the role women played in the United States Military during World War II in a two-part blog post. They were recruited for service in the United States military for the first time. They served in each branch of the military in separate units. Benefits of Joining the Military. Femininity.

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The Art of War

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However, the US military also uses more traditional forms of artwork to document their operations and daily lives. All military branches employ soldier and civilian artists who work in traditional mediums such as watercolor, charcoal, pastels, and pen and ink to document operations and inform the public about what the military does. .

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Civil War Defenses of Washington Fort Plans Now Available Online

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The Cartographic Branch holds thousands of drawings, plans, and maps relating to forts, fortifications, and other military structures. Army Forts and Facilities Maps and Plans (NAID 641035) , RG 92 Blueprint File (NAID 562281) , RG 153 Maps and Plans of Former Military Reservations within the United States (NAID 731298) , and many others.

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Preservica - 2022 highlights & momentum looking ahead

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The Charter was worked on by an independent group of major institutions and industry professionals, many of whom are Preservica customers. Collections Manager at the Military Women’s Memorial , Amy Poe, faced a wide range of challenges in making their collections easily accessible and secure online. Their success is our success.

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Caretakers of the Sky: The Wright Brothers and Recording the Aerial Age

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Photograph of the Wright Brothers’ Camp in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,” Records of the US Army Air Forces, Record Group 18, National Archives Local Identifier: 18-WP-48625. military took renewed interest in the Wright’s machine. According to the National Park Service, in 1900 the Wright’s contacted the U.S.

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The Pushmi-Pullyu Impact of Technology Innovation on Information Preservation

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In 1995, if I was going to find this Civil War fellow, it meant a personal trip to the National Archives through the microfilmed military records. It also meant some posts to alt.war.civil news groups. I recently found an initial communication dated May 12, 1995 to this news group. Why didn’t I just do a web search? Ancestry.co.uk