Reference Topics

• The Campaigns of the U.S. Army
• Defense Casualty Analysis System

• History of the Badge of Military Merit / the Purple Heart
• U.S. Army Patches, Insignia, and other Heraldic Items
• The Origin of the U.S. Army Flag

• The U.S. Army Center of Military History: A Brief History
• Clio in Combat: The Evolution of the Military History Detachment
• Field Historians in Action: Operation Joint Endeavor
• Historical Program of he U.S. Army 1939 to Present [1945]
• Eisenhower's Memorandum on Policy concerning the Release of Information from historial documents of the Army
• A Brief History of 'Oral History in the Army'
  extracted from U.S. Army Guide to Oral History
• U.S. Army Center of Military History Finds a Permanent Home
• Historical Work of the United States Army, 1862-1954 [ pdf 8.46 mb ]

• Memorial Day
• Veterans Day
• Christmas

• EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981, July 26, 1948:
  Establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services
• Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
• Integration of Negro and White Troops in the U.S. Army, Europe, 1952-1954
• Also visit our feature on: African Americans in the U.S. Army

• African-Americans in the U.S. Army
• Asian-Pacific Americans in the U.S. Army
• Hispanic-Americans in the U.S. Army
• The Irish and the U.S. Army
• Native Americans in the U.S. Army
• Minority Groups in World War II

• U.S. Army Commanding Generals
• U.S. Army Chiefs of Staff
• U.S. Army Five-Star Generals
• The First Female General Officer in the U.S. Army
• The First Black General Officer in the U.S. Army