"The U.S. Army Missile Command Headquarters, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The Missile Command is responsible for research, design, development, production, maintenance and supply of all Army missiles and rockets. It is a military-civilian team that...
"A Zeus Missile--part of the Army's Nike-X Anti-Missile System--is posed in front of the Goddard House at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., home of the U.S. Army Missile Command. The Goddard House is an old plantation house taken over by the Army when the...
Newspaper article describing Grenier's heroism at the Remagan Bridge across the Rhine River in Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions.
Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in response to the secession of seven Southern states. He calls for 75,000 men from state militias to deal with the rebellious states, which are "too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course...
Two members of the Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service driving officers at Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, Alabama. Left to right: "Serg., Mrs. Sidney Winter; Serg., Mrs. J. M. Anderson; Manor Menohr [Manoher?]; Col. Stanson of...
This article cites The Richmond Whig, which reports that Confederate conscription has been extended to men between the ages of 17 and 50. This was the second time the age range had been increased; originally, only men between 18 and 35 years were...
Article from The Montgomery Advertiser about the eight Alabamians who have received the Congressional Medal of Honor: from the Civil War, Richard Taylor; from the Philippine Insurrection, Gordon Johnston; from World War I, Sidney E. Manning; from...
During World War II, the Aliceville Internment Camp held 6,000 German prisoners of war. The camp received its first prisoners in 1942 and closed in 1945. The majority of the prisoners were captured in 1943 from the German Afrika Korps.
"This is the largest static firing test stand for rocket motors in the U.S., and possibly in the world. The huge Army facility, costing $12,000,000, towers 145 feet high - as tall as a 15-story building, and is built of reinforced concrete, with...
This article discusses activities and news at Camp Clark in Mobile, Alabama, where the men are preparing to fight in the Spanish-American War. Two companies from Mobile are supposed to join the camp, but only one has reported as planned.