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60th Anniversary: The Cuban Missile Crisis

by Sarah Bseirani, posted in Photographs, Still Pictures, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, United States Information Agency (USIA)

Local Identifier: 342-B-ND-018A-167731USAF; Original Caption: MRBM Field Launch Site, San Cristobal #1, October 14 1962. (This photo provided the first photographic evidence of Soviet offensive missile deployment in Cuba.) The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962. The international crisis escalated when American missiles were … Continue reading 60th Anniversary: The Cuban Missile Crisis

No Mail, Low Morale: The 6888th Central Postal Battalion

by Sarah Bseirani, posted in Military, Photographs, Still Pictures, U.S. Army, women in the military, womens history, World War II

Photograph of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) Captain Charity Adams of Columbia, NC Drilling Her Company. Local Identifier: 111-SC-238651; National Archives Identifier: 531334. “No mail, low morale,” or so the motto goes. Even before the founding of the 6888th Central Postal Battalion, the mail was piling up for the soldiers serving during World War II. … Continue reading No Mail, Low Morale: The 6888th Central Postal Battalion