1880-1899 INTRODUCTION... 1 1891 Profile: Second Lieutenant, Indian Wars... 3 Life at Home... 3 Life at Work... 5 Life in the Community: Fort Buford, North Dakota...9 Historical Snapshot 1890-1891... 12 1898 Profile: Civilian (Businessman), Spanish-American War: Tampa...17 Life at Home... 17 Life at Work... 19 Life in the Community: Tampa, Florida... 27 Historical Snapshot 1898...28 1898 Profile: Enlisted Seaman, Spanish-American War: Cuba...31 Life at Home... 31 Life at Work... 35 Emergence of the US Navy...42 1899 News Feature...45 1900-1909 INTRODUCTION... 53 1900 Profile: Marine First Sergeant, Boxer Rebellion...55 Life at Home... 55 Life at Work... 57 Life in the Community: Peking, China...63 Historical Snapshot 1900...64 1901 Profile: Officer, Philippine Insurrection...67 Life at Home... 67 Life at Work... 70 v
Life in the Community: Manila, The Philippines...74 Historical Snapshot 1901...76 1903 Profile: Civilian (Lawyer), Liberation of Panama... 81 Life at Home... 81 Life at Work... 83 Life in the Community: Panama...87 Historical Snapshot 1903...90 1904 News Feature...95 1910-1919 INTRODUCTION... 101 1916 Profile: Major, Mexican Wars... 103 Life at Home... 103 Life at Work... 105 Life in the Community: Mexico...111 Historical Snapshot 1916...114 1918 Profile: Civilian (Relief Effort Member), World War I: France...119 Life at Home... 119 Life at Work... 124 American Involvement in World War I... 127 Historical Snapshot 1918...128 1918 News Feature...135 1919 Profile: Non-Commissioned Officer, World War I: Russia...139 Life at Home... 139 Life at Work... 140 Life in the Community: Archangel, Russia... 146 Historical Snapshot 1919...147 1920-1929 INTRODUCTION... 153 1923 Profile: Civilian (Telephone Engineer), Occupation of Haiti...155 Life at Home... 155 Life at Work... 156 Life in the Community: Haiti... 160 Historical Snapshot 1923...164 1924 News Feature...171 1925 Profile: Aviation Rigger, Crash of the Shenandoah... 175 Life at Home... 175 Life at Work... 177 vi
History of the Shenandoah...182 Historical Snapshot 1925...185 1927 Profile: Second Lieutenant, Nicaragua... 189 Life at Home... 189 Life at Work... 191 Life in the Community: Nicaragua... 198 Historical Snapshot... 199 1930-1939 INTRODUCTION... 207 1930 Profile: Naval Executive Officer, China...209 Life at Home... 209 Life at Work... 212 Life in the Community: China...217 Historical Snapshot 1930...218 1932 Profile: First Sergeant, Bonus Army...223 Life at Home... 223 Life at Work... 225 Life in the Community: Washington, DC... 230 Historical Snapshot 1932...231 1937 Profile: Civilian (Peace Advocate), Fighting for Peace... 237 Life at Home... 237 Life at Work... 238 Life in the Community: New London, New Hampshire...240 Historical Snapshot 1937...242 1939 News Feature...247 1940-1949 INTRODUCTION... 255 1940 News Feature...257 1944 Profile: Aerial Gunner, World War II...261 Life at Home... 261 Life at Work... 265 Life in the Community: 8th Air Force in Germany... 267 Historical Snapshot 1944...269 1944 Profile: First Lieutenant, Merrill s Marauders...277 Life at Home... 277 Life at Work...281 Life in the Community: Hibbing, Minnesota...285 Historical Snapshot 1944...286 vii
1947 Profile: Civilian (Women s Rights Worker), Occupied Japan...291 Life at Home... 291 Life at Work... 293 Life in the Community: Japan... 296 Historical Snapshot 1947...298 1940 News Feature...305 1950-1959 INTRODUCTION... 309 1950 News Feature...311 1951 Profile : Navy Crewman, Korean Minesweeper...315 Life at Home... 315 Life at Work... 316 Life in the Community: Korea...321 Historical Snapshot 1951...323 1953 Profile: Second Lieutenant, Korean War...333 Life at Home... 333 Life at Work... 335 Life in the Community: Pork Chop Hill, Korea...340 Historical Snapshot 1953...341 1954 Profile: Civilian (Playwright), Battle of Guatemala...351 Life at Home... 351 Life at Work... 353 Life in the Community: Guatemala... 356 Historical Snapshot 1954...358 1960-1969 INTRODUCTION... 369 1961 Profile: Air National Guard Pilot, Bay of Pigs, Cuba...371 Life at Home... 371 Life at Work... 374 Life in the Community: Cuba...377 Historical Snapshot 1961...378 1966 ProfilePrivate, Vietnam...385 Life at Home... 385 Life at Work... 387 Life in the Community: Vietnam... 390 Historical Snapshot 1966...394 1969 Profile: Civilians (Antiwar Advocates), Protesting Vietnam...405 Life at Home... 405 Life at Work... 408 October 15 Vietnam Moratorium...410 viii
Historical Snapshot 1969...412 1967 News Feature...419 1970-1979 Introduction...423 1973 Profile: Navy Lieutenant Commander, North Vietnam Prison...425 Life at Home... 425 Life at Work... 428 Life in the Community: Hanoi Hilton... 430 Historical Snapshot 1973...432 1973 News Feature...439 1975 News Feature...443 1979 Profile: Marine, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...447 Life at Home... 447 Life at Work... 448 Life in the Community: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...450 Historical Snapshot 1979...452 1980-1989 Introduction...461 1980 Profile: Sergeant First Class, Desert One Mission: Iran...463 Life at Home... 463 Life at Work... 465 Life in the Community: Iran...468 Historical Snapshot 1980...469 1983 Profile: Civilian (Medical Student), Invasion of Grenada... 477 Life at Home... 477 Life at Work... 478 Life in the Community: Grenada...482 Historical Snapshot 1983...483 1983 News Feature...493 1989 Profile: Sergeant, Invasion of Panama...497 Life at Home... 497 Life at Work... 498 Life in the Community: Washington, DC and Panama...502 Historical Snapshot 1989...503 1990-1999 INTRODUCTION... 513 1990 Profile: Foreign Service Officer, Romania...515 Life at Home... 515 ix
Life at Work... 516 Life in the Community: Romania... 519 Historical Snapshot 1990...521 1990 News Feature...529 1991 Profile: Lance Corporal, Operation Desert Storm: Kuwait... 535 Life at Home... 535 Life at Work... 537 Modern Warfare in Desert Storm... 539 Historical Snapshot 1991...540 1995 Profile: Air Force Major, Operation Deliberate Force: Bosnia... 553 Life at Home... 553 Life at Work... 554 Life in the Community: Yugoslavia... 556 Historical Snapshot 1995...559 2000-2003 INTRODUCTION... 569 News Feature 2001...571 2001 Profile: Sergeant, War in Afghanistan... 575 Life at Home... 575 Life at Work... 576 Life in the Community: Afghanistan...571 Historical Snapshot 2001...583 2003 Profile: Lieutenant Colonel, War in Iraq...593 Life at Home... 593 Life at Work... 593 300th Military Brigade... 597 Historical Snapshot 2003...598 2003 News Feature...609 x