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(United States Army In World War II – The Technical Services – The Transportation Corps: Movements, Training, And Supply, p.474.) The Paul P. Hastings tugboat (ex U.S. Army LT-814) in China Basin, San Francisco in 1982. At this time she was the last of the Santa Fe Railroad tugs still in service.
The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established on March 3, 1865, in the United States by Congress to provide care for volunteer soldiers who had been disabled through loss of limb, wounds, disease, or injury during service in the Union forces in the American Civil War. Initially, the Asylum, later called the Home, was ...
The Military Women's Memorial, also known as the Women In Military Service For America Memorial, is a memorial established by the U.S. federal government which honors women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. The memorial is located at the western end of Memorial Avenue at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington ...
Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) is a United States Army post and military equipment storage facility located near the unincorporated community of Herlong, California.It was built in 1942 as one of several ammunition storage facilities located far enough inland to be safe from Japanese attack, yet close enough to western military posts and ports to facilitate shipment of supplies. [2]
The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and JLTV variants, as well as M2 and M3 Bradley. The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee.
Soldiers of the 6888th Central Postal Battalion, the first black women's unit deployed overseas during World War II, pass in review during a 1945 military parade in Birmingham, England.
USNS Big Horn ( Henry J. Kaiser -class oiler) Watson -class vehicle cargo ship – 8 active. Bob Hope -class vehicle cargo ship – 7 active. Shughart -class vehicle cargo ship – 3 active. Gordon -class vehicle cargo ship – 2 active. Supply -class fast combat support ship – 2 active. Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship – 14 active.
Korean War. Vietnam War. WAC Air Controller painting by Dan V. Smith, 1943. The Women's Army Corps ( WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps ( WAAC) on 15 May 1942, and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the United States as the WAC on 1 July 1943.