by Kevin Burns | Mar 7, 2022
I recently received a message from the Department Historian, Fred Shacklett, as he had been contacted by a family member of Dr. Charles Curtis “CC” Wallingsford who had found a certificate identical to the one in the picture. The Department Historian found the...
by Kevin Burns | Feb 28, 2022
In 1927, the race for the Orteig prize became one of the greatest sporting events in all history. People around the world followed every tidbit of news that was reported on it. Often if there was no news, reporters simply made it up to sell newspapers. It was...
by Kevin Burns | Feb 21, 2022
Development of modern stealth technologies in the United States began in 1958, when earlier attempts to prevent radar tracking of its U-2 spy planes during the Cold War by the Soviet Union had been unsuccessful. “Radar” which is short for RAdio Detection And...
by Kevin Burns | Aug 10, 2021
Radiotelegraphy was the first means of radio communication. The first practical radio transmitters and receivers invented in the late 1800s used radiotelegraphy. It continued to be the only type of radio transmission during the first few decades of radio, called the...
by Kevin Burns | Jul 22, 2020
In the fall of 1918, U.S. Army and Navy medical officers in camps across the country presided over the worst epidemic in American history. During this time, The War Department operated approximately 40 airfields for aviator training, most were located near large...
