Military History


History of Veterans' Day - From the Kenilworth, NJ VFW (Post 2230)

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - commonly known as DANFS, is the foremost reference regarding US naval vessels. Published in nine volumes (from 1959 to 1991), it gives histories for virtually every US naval vessel. To make DANFS accessible to a larger number of people, we are working to put all DANFS ship histories online through this site. Currently the online collection includes over 7000 ship histories, and more are being added. These files are faithfully transcribed from DANFS, without updating or corrections.

The History of Army Rank - Includes a library of images and an interesting history of the army rank structure.

How Silver and Gold Rank Came to be Used by the US Military

Army Institute of Heraldry

U.S. Army Military History Institute