Military Museums Archives

Denver-based Fentress Bradburn Architects designed the 210-foot spire to resemble the flag raising at Iwo Jima, the raised barrel of a howitzer, and the Corps’ raised swords.

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The Marine House

By Dick Camp

One of the world’s great military museums is also one of the newest: the National Museum of the Marine Corps (known as the “Marine House” by those who staff it), located just outside the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Virginia––about 40 miles south of Washington, D.C. Read more

Two half-size, single-shaft bronze chariots, each drawn by four horses and driven by a charioteer, were found in the western part of the imperial tomb. One is on exhibit during the tour.

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The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army

By Laura Cleveland

One of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was made in March 1974 by a team of well diggers near modern-day Xi’an, China. Read more

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The National D-Day Museum highlights the War in the Pacific via major expansion.

When the skies above Pearl Harbor were stained with the smoke of war on the morning of December 7, 1941, and other U.S. Read more

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Kokoda Kudos

Dear Editor:

I certainly enjoyed A.B. Feuer’s article on the Battle of the Kokoda Track (October 2002). In the summer of 1962 I was stationed with the 1370th Photomapping Wing’s Aerial Survey Team #5 at Port Moresby, New Guinea. Read more