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Tell Us About Your Service
Sea Stories The Navy Museum Development Foundation (NMDF) is looking for Sailors of all ranks and eras who would like to share their sea stories -- or nominate someone you served with! We want to hear and share your most memorable experience(s) while you were serving....
The Navy as a Path to Equality: The Impact of African Americans (Part II)
With the demands and shifting environment of WWII, opportunities and recognition of African Americans in the Navy marked the twentieth century as an era of “firsts'' in favor of racial equality. During the attack at Pearl Harbor (1941), a brave Sailor named Doris...
The Navy as a Path to Freedom: The Impact of African Americans (Part I)
During the American Revolutionary War, the Navy allowed enslaved and free African Americans to fight. Unlike the Continental Army, where only free persons were allowed to join (this rule changed eventually). Many blacks were experienced Sailors, they became an asset...
Remembering Pearl Harbor
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TAoS2dZxcug World War II came to the United States of America on Sunday morning, 7 December 1941, with a massive surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy. "Like a thunderclap from a clear sky," Japanese carrier attack planes (in both...
The Sullivan Brothers Tragedy and the Assignment of Family Members
Information from Naval History and Heritage Command. All five of the Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, were tragically killed in action on November 13, 1942 while serving aboard USS Juneau (CL-52). The death of the brothers was the biggest blow to any one...
Flag Day
Information from the Naval History and Heritage Command and the National Museum of the United States Navy. What is Flag Day and why does the United States celebrate it on June 14? On this date in 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted the design for its...
The Chaplain Corps of the U.S. Navy
By the Naval History and Heritage Command. The history of the Chaplain Corps of the U.S. Navy parallels the history of the Navy itself. During the past century-and-a-half, chaplains of the Navy have shared the hardships and rewards that come to other naval personnel...
The Battle of Midway
By Naval History and Heritage Command Strategic Background and the Role of Communications Intelligence Following the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941, the Japanese armed forces conducted military operations against U.S., British Commonwealth, and Dutch...
The Case for the New National Museum of the United States Navy: Why is it important for the Navy?
In today’s operational environment, providing a sustainable facility, both financially and environmentally, is not only logical, but politically required. This has been the impetus behind the design and development of a new “Campus” museum concept. This...