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Finalist, 2011 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award
A hero who faced down Pancho Villa with only a pistol and turned the tide of battle during the Salerno Operation in late 1943, John Lucas discovered at Anzio that his comrades were more dangerous than his enemies.
Brevet Colonel, Commander of the 30th Indiana Volunteers, and recipient of the Medal of Honor - all at the age of 23 - Henry Lawton's career spanned four decades until he fell in battle "bringing democracy to a distant land." Featured on the Center of Military History Civil War Website
When Joseph K.F. Mansfield fell at the Battle of Antietam, he was the ranking casualty on either side, the oldest general and West Point graduate to die in battle.
William and James Terrill of Virginia chose opposing sides in the Civil War, each rose to general and fell in battle. Theirs is a unique story of "brother against brother".
The only American armored division commander to die in battle, Maurice Rose was the son and grandson of rabbis who rose from private to general to lead the premier American armored force to victory over the Nazi empire.
For more than a century, the "Staff Ride" has been used to train the nation's military leaders. Now it has been adapted by APPLIED BATTLEFIELD CONCEPTS LLC for use by corporations to train top management in the principles of leadership under pressure.
"Commanders at Antietam" is a collection of the author's drawings related to ongoing work on the Corporate Staff Ride
Winner, 2003 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award
Sixteen of the McCook Family served in the Union Army or Navy during the Civil War. Seven became generals. Four gave the last full measure.
Thomas Macdonough faced Arab terrorists with steel and musket - in 1804
Russia's Rommel, General Ivan Chernyakhovsky survived brutal Anti-Semitisim, Stalin's madness, and German tanks to achieve a stunning combat record and fell at the end of the war.
Daniel Judson Callaghan's heroic sacrifice off Guadalcanal saved the embattled defenders of Henderson Field.
Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle's leadership in and out of the cockpit made him one of the most admired men in the Eighth Air Force
The only physician ever to rise to Army Chief of Staff, Leonard Wood's path to success produced as many enemies as admirers.
Creator of the modern American Rangers, Darby led his men to great victories and a catastrophic defeat, but was always in the thick of the action.
Martin Blumenson spent his life writing the history of an institution he respected greatly and knew intimately, the United States Army. He inspired generations of his students and successors to the highest standard of excellence.
Described by eminent art historians as perhaps his greatest work, Leonardo Da Vinci's "Battle of Anghiari" defined for centuries the way artists portray the fury of battle and the anatomy and motion of warriors and horses in combat. The lost work sparked intense and on-going debate, and inspired many other great masters working in a variety of media. But, the battle has disappeared from history. Why?
Historian, biographer, memoirist, "novelist", and companion of Socrates, at the end of his life Xenophon wrote a small book of advice about reforming the Athenian cavalry. A discussion of specific suggestions, Xenophon's Hipparchicus reflects decades of the author's experience as an army commander. The wily survivor offers subtle insights on leadership as well as observations valuable to modern theorists and practioners of the "mounted service" that will always resonate.
The Battle of Kadesh, the greatest chariot clash in all recorded history, pitted the war-hardened Hittites against an untested Pharaoh in a struggle that shaped the destinies of the two dominant empires of the early Iron Age. Recorded as a great Egyptian victory, it is a case study of how a brilliant and well-executed public relations campaign can trump performance - and reality.
Born to greatness, Peirce ended his life in poverty, obscurity, and disappointment. Afflicted by illness, pain, drug-addiction and the suffocating moral intolerance of 19th Century America, the time to tell his story to a broad audience has finally arrived.
Omar Bradley was one of a handful of “larger than life” figures to emerge from World War II and go on to deeply influence the post-war era. Those later contributions especially have shaped our history and culture in decisive, dramatic, and virtually unexamined ways. The challenges we face – fighting fanatic global enemies, organizing our forces for that and other struggles, coordinating our strategy with allies, determining the roles and powers of our military leaders, and providing care and benefits for our veterans – were framed in the top counsels of our government by Omar Bradley.
More than 3,500 years ago, Abram, the leader of the Hebrews, led his men on a daring, long-distance, night time commando raid to rescue hostages. Hidden in a very brief passage of Genesis is the story of the first organized military action and victory of the Jewish people, a tale of courage and inspired leadership.
Does it make any sense to talk about a "philosophy of war?" What kinds of things would be discussed in such an academic sub-category? Whose works would make up the canon of study? On that point, why is it that Carl von Clausevitz's early 19th century book "On War" is virtually the only work universally accepted as a work of philosophy? In a world where war is so common, why is there so little systematic examination of its "first principles?" These are only a few of the questions that spark this general inquiry.
This program is structured as a half-day, corporate retreat tour of the American Revolution Saratoga Campaign, 1777. It was the decisive strategic victory of the War, and pitted the vainglorious British dandy Gen. "Johnny" Burgoyne against the flagrant and grandly ambitious American Gen. Gage.
A stamp "album" that illustrates the military history of the United States as dispicted in postage stamps. From the first stamp showing George Washington in uniform (1857) to the present, the nation has remembered its wars and battlefields - both famous and forgotten - and honored its heroes.
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From the first offical stamp depicting George Washington in uniform (1857, Scott #39, right) up to today's headlines, the nation has remembered its wars and battlefields and honored its heroes through its postage stamps. Some of these stamps are very rare and would most likely be found looking through an antique collector's scrapbook or display case in a shop. This topical collection illustrates that effort in an easy to follow, comprehensive, stamp "album". Notes: Stamp names are listed according to titles in the Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps (31st Edition). Additional descriptive information is in parentheses. In addition, many of the stamp images are linked to the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum online collection which provides greater historical and philatelic context.
Stamps are presented within each category by issue date and Scott Catalogue Number, except for multi-year issues that are listed by Scott number (e.g. Civil War Centennial Issue, 1961-1965) or subcategories, which are listed chronologically.
In the case of stamps that have been reissued either identically in the same, or different values (e.g. Purple Heart, 2003, Scott #3784) or have multiple variations (e.g. many of the stamps issued from 1847-1900), only the first issue is shown.
Although the President is the Commander-in-Chief, stamps of presidents, or other government officials who served in the military, are included only if the military association is clearly displayed, or strongly implied. Exceptions include several Secretaries of War as well as a listing of all US Presidents who served in the military as General Officers. That list includes the first issue featuring each individual and is presented in the order of presidential service.
Stamps relating to aviation or space exploration are included 1) when there is a clear connection to, or impact, on the military, or 2) if individuals are honored for their military association, or 3) were inspirational for members of the military. Examples include the Wright Brothers, and civilians Robert H. Goddard (Scott #C69), Bessie Coleman (Scott #2956), and Amelia Earhart (Scott #C68).
Stamps are not presented to scale.
Fort Duquesne (1758), 1958, Scott #1123
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776 at Philadelphia, by John Trumbull, 1976, Scott #1687
Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull, 1976, Scott #1694a
The Birth of Liberty, 1925, Scott #618
The Minute Man, 1925, Scott #619
"Birth of Liberty," by Henry Sandham (Battle of Lexington & Concord, 1775), 1975, Scott #1563
Washington Reviewing His Ragged Army at Valley Forge, by William T. Trego, 1976, Scott #1689
George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, and Mount Vernon, 1936, Scott #785
Peace of 1783 (Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, NY), 1933, Scott #727
Bicentenial Commission Emblem, 1976, Scott #1432
Salem Poor Carrying Musket, 1975, Scott #1560
Haym Salomon Figuring Accounts, 1975, Scott #1561
American Bicentennial Issue, 1976, Scott #1631a
Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leitze/Eastman Johnson, 1976, Scott #1688
Nathan Hale (Postal Card), 1977, Scott #UX72
King Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin, by Charles Gabriel Sauvage, 1978, Scott #1753
George Rogers Clark, Vincennes, 1779 (Postal Card), 1779, Scott #UX78
Casimir Pulaski (Postal Card, Battle of Savanah, 1779), 1979, Scott #UX79
General Bernardo de Galvez, Battle of Mobile (1780), 1980, Scott #1826
Philip Mazzei (Secret arms dealer for Virginia), 1980, Scott #C98
Landing of Rochambeau, 1780 (Postal Card), 1980, Scott #UX84
Battle of Kings Mountain, 1780 (Postal Card), 1980, Scott #UX85
Battle of Cowpens, 1781 (Postal Card), 1981, Scott #UX87
Nathaniel Greene (Postal Card, The Battle of Eustaw Springs, 1781), 1981, Scott #UX90
"Swamp Fox" Francis Marion, 1783 (Postal Card), 1983, Scott #UX94
Fort Recovery (Postal Card), 1993, Scott #UX169
Chief Joseph (War chief of the Nez Pierce), 1994, Scott #2869f
Geronimo (War Chief of the Apache), 1994, Scott #2869m
"The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas," by George Caitlin, 1998, Scott #3236k
USS Constitution (Stamped Envelope), 1985, Scott #U609
Fort McHenry (Postal Card), 1997, Scott #UX284
WAR OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE
Generals Sherman, Grant and Sheridan, 1937, Scott #787
Generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson and Stratford Hall (Lee's birthplace), 1937, Scott #788
Washington and Lee University, 1949, Scott #982
Grand Army of the Republic, 1949, Scott #985
United Confederate Veterans, 1951, Scott #998
Fort Sumter (1861), 1961, Scott #1178
Shiloh (1862), 1962, Scott #1179
Gettysburg (1863), 1963, Scott #1180
The Wilderness (1864), 1964, Scott #1181
Appomattox (1865), 1965, Scott #1182
Emancipation Proclamation, 1963, Scott #1233
Stone Mountain Memorial (Confederate Monument), 1970, Scott #1408
Civil War Soldier, 1993, Scott #2780
Thaddeus Lowe, American Balloonist (Aerogramme), 1995, Scott UC#64
Timothy H. O'Sullivan (General Ulysses S. Grant and Officers), 2002, Scott #3649b
Allied Victory, 1919, Scott #537
U.S. Enters WWI, 1998, Scott #3183i
Win the War, 1942, Scott #905
Philippine (Corregidor), 1944, Scott #925
Motion Pictures (Troops in the Pacific watching movies), 1944, Scott #926
Veterans of World War II, 1946, Scott #940
Winston Churchill Memorial, 1965, Scott #1264
Holocast Memorial (Postal Card), 1993, Scott #UX168
Raoul Wallenberg (Humanitarian and "Righteous Gentile"), 1997, Scott #3135
World War II, 1998, Scott #3186a
Women support war effort, 1998, Scott #3186e
W. Eugene Smith ("Frontline soldier with canteen, Saipan"), 2002, Scott #3649n
National World War II Memorial, 2004, Scott #3862
Korean War, 1999, Scott #3187e
Vietnam Veterans, 1979, Scott #1802
The Vietnam War, 1999, Scott #3188g
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 2000, Scott #3190g
COLD WAR & POSTWAR ALLIANCES
NATO, 1959, Scott #1127
SEATO, 1960, Scott #1151
Antarctic Treaty (1st Cold War treaty), 1971, Scott #1431
The Marshall Plan (Postwar European reconstruction), 1997, Scott #3141
Berlin Airlift (50th Anniversary), 1998, Scott #3211
Fall of the Berlin Wall, 2000, Scott #3190k
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1991, Scott #2551
Gulf War, 2000, Scott #3191b
Updated on April 4, 2012
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George Washington has been featured on more US postage stamps than any other individual. The second stamp issued in the United States, a 10-cent stamp released July 1, 1847, featured him. The first stamp dispaying Washington in uniform, based on a portrait by John Trumbull, followed a decade later and marks the beginning of the depiction of our country's military history thru the postal service. George Washington was featured on two 1977 stamps with clear links to the Revolution — Washington at Princeton (Scott #1704) and a Christmas stamp showing him kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge (Scott #1724). His portrait appeared on a stamp as recently as 2003 (Scott #3819).
Dwight D. Eisenhower (World War II), 1969, Scott #1383
Air Force, 1957, Scott #C49
Coast Guard Eagle (Postal card), 1978, Scott #UX76
National Guard Heritage, 1636-1986 (Postal Card), 1986, UX114
James Montgomery Flagg ("Be a US Marine" poster, 1918), 2001, Scott #3502a
1948 Executive Order 9981 (Desegregation of the military), 2005, Scott #3987a
WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE
Service Women, 1952, Scott #1013
Women Marines (Postal Card), 1968, Scott #UX56
Molly Pitcher (Postal Card, Battle of Monmouth, 1778), 1978, Scott #UX77
Blanche Stuart Scott and Biplane (Pioneer pilot), 1980, Scott #C99
Gen. Omar N. Bradley (22 September 1950), 2000, Scott #3394
SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINES, SHIPS
International Naval Review - Jamestown Festival, 1957, Scott #1091
US Frigate Constellation (Postal card), 1972, Scott #UX61
USS Frigate Constellation (Stamped Envelope), 1988, Scott #U612
Uncle Sam, 1998, Scott #3259
Los Angeles Class, 2000, Scott #3372
Marguerite Higgens (War correspondent), 2002, Scott #3668
American Correspondents, 2007, Scott #4252a
AIRPLANES, PILOTS, FOUNDERS
Lindberg flies the Atlantic, 1998, Scott #3184m
Wright Airplane, 1928, Scott #649
Wright Brothers, 1949, Scott #C45
Powered Flight (50th Anniversary), 1953, Scott C47
Wright Brothers, Flyer A and Shed, 1978, Scott C92a
Wright Brothers first flight, Kitty Hawk, 1903, 1998, Scott 3182g
Amelia Earhart, 1963, Scott #C68
Robert H. Goddard (Rocket pioneer), 1964, Scott #C69
Blanche Stuart Scott and Biplane, 1980, Scott #C99
Glenn Curtis and "Pusher Biplane", 1980, Scott #C100
Alfred Verville and Airplane Diagram, 1985, Scott #C113
Lawrence & Elmer Sperry, 1985, Scott #C114
Samuel P. Langley, 1985, Scott #C118
Igor Sikorsky, 1988, Scott #C119
Seaplane 1914, 1990, Scott #2468
Harriet Quimby and Early Plane, 1991, Scott #C128
William T. Piper and Piper Cub Airplane, 1991, Scott #C129
VETERANS, MEMORIALS, CEMETARIES
Airlift ("For Our Servicemen"), 1968, Scott #1341
Disabled American Veterans Emblem and U.S. Servicemen, 1970, Scott #1422a
Blind Veterans (Stamped Envelope), 1981, Scott #U600
Remember Our Paralyzed Veterans (Postal Envelope), 1983, Scott #U605
Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, 1995, Scott #2966
GI Bill, 1944, 1998, Scott #3186i
Honoring Those Who Served, 1999, Scott #3331
Honoring Veterans, 2001, Scott #3508
Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal, 1913, Scott #398
Panama Canal opens, 1914, 1998, Scott #3183f
Restoration of Fort Dearborn, 1933, Scott #728
90 mm Antiaircraft Gun, 1940, Scott #900
Fort Bliss, 1948, Scott #976
Pennsylvania Rifle, Powder Horn, Tomahawk, Pipe and Knife (Daniel Boone), 1968, Scott #1357
Ft. Snelling, 1970, Scott #1409
Ft. Nisqually, 1978, Scott #1604
Purple Heart (Stamped Envelope), 1982, Scott #U603
Purple Heart, 2003, Scott #3784
SERVICE ACADEMIES & EDUCATORS
U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1937, Scott #789
John Charles Fremont on the Rocky Mountains, 1898, Scott #288
Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, 1933, Scott #733
William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, 2004, Scott #3855-56
Arctic Explorations, 1959, Scott #1128
Captain James Cook Alaska, by Nathaniel Dance, 1978, Scott #1732
Resolution and Discovery Hawaii, by John Webber, 1978, Scott #1733
Arctic Explorers, 1986, Scott #2223a
Antarctic Explorers, 1988, Scott #2389a
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