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Cultural and Commemorative Observances

Hispanic and Latino American Heritage Month

Hispanics Americans in the U.S. Army

Hispanics Americans in the U.S. Army

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Hispanic Americans in the U.S. Navy

Hispanic Americans in the US Navy

Photo of Rear Admiral Edmund E. Garcia

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Prominent Hispanic Americans in Arlington National Cemetery

Prominent Hispanic Americans in Arlington National Cemetery

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USO-- Courage and Valor: 5 Stories of Hispanic American Military Heroes

Courage and Valor

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National Association of American Veterans: Honoring the Untold Story of U.S. Latino Veterans


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Salud America!-- Honoring Latino Military Heroes on Veteran’s Day

Salud America

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AAPI Month

Face of Defense: Former Vietnamese ‘Boat Person’ Lives American Dream

Face of Defense: Former Vietnamese ‘Boat Person’ Lives American Dream

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Minority Veterans AAPI Fact Sheet

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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DOD Observes Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

DOD Observes Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Navy

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Navy

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Defense Equal opportunity Management Institute: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Facts of the DayDefense Equal opportunity Management Institute

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Asian Americans Who Made Military HistoryAsian Americans Who Made Military History

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Women's History Month

Women in the Army (from the U.S. Army)

 

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‘We can do it:' The history of women in military service.” (from the American Legion)


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“Women Warriors: The ongoing story of integrating and diversifying the American armed forces” (from the Brookings Institute)


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Seventy-Five Years Ago, the Military’s Only All-Black Female Band Battled the War Department and Won (From Smithsonian Magazine)


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Women in World War I


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History At a Glance: Women in World War II (from the National WWII Museum)


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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Center for Women Veterans (CWV)

Center for Women Veterans

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African American History Month

Eyewitness to History: Tuskegee Airman Dr. Harry Quinton

 

Date:  – 

Join us as we celebrate Black History Month with a very special conversation between two members of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.

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Profiles of Bravery: Fred Moore


1961: First black Tomb Sentinel of the Army.

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Northrop Grumman names spacecraft after NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson


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Seven Black Heroes of the American Revolution


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Learn More about the Service of Medal of Honor Recipient Sergeant William H. Carney


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Learn more about the Service and Sacrifice of Medal of Honor Recipient First Lieutenant Ruppert L. Sargent


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Virginia’s African American Militiamen: Remembering the 6th Virginia Volunteers


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Race, Slavery and Military Service in Revolutionary Virginia


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African American History Month: Highlighting the 93rd Division in World War I


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What Was Black America’s Double War?


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The Montford Point Marines


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