By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Sep 29th, 2023
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum I’ll let you in on a little “behind the scenes” information. If you read my articles regularly you know I’ve been writing them for many years. If I could freely write about anything related to current or historical...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Sep 1st, 2023
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum In the Sportsman’s Paradise camouflage clothing is worn all the time. Camo is a hunting necessity, a hobby self-identification and a fashion statement all in one. Yet camo for hunting and fashion became popular onl...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Jul 31st, 2023
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum The month of August has one of the most important anniversaries of American aviation. On August 1, 1907, the Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army Brigadier General James Allen sent out a memorandum establishing the Aeronautic...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Jun 30th, 2023
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum A day in the country with a cooling breeze under the shade of the trees would be a good temporary escape from the city heat of summer. Taking a picnic lunch along could make it a pleasant outing. With the news full of re...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
May 31st, 2023
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum June is traditionally the month most associated with weddings. It is without question that in June 1945 matrimony was very much on the minds of a hundred thousand or so people in Europe. The war in Europe ended in May 19...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
May 2nd, 2023
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum The human suffering and cost in lives had been unbearable. Especially among the innocents and non-combatants. But for Europe the end would only be a matter of days. The Russians had Berlin surrounded. The All...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Mar 30th, 2023
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum I’m sure you are very familiar with the custom of trying to pull a prank on another person on April 1st of each year. These pranks typically take the form of pretending something untrue is happening or has happened. ...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Feb 28th, 2023
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum In the era of my birth the roles of women in the workforce were very limited and very defined. Most working women were either in “assistance” roles such as secretary, waitress or stewardess or “nurturing” roles such as n...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Jan 30th, 2023
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by Guy Miller. Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum On May 8, 1792 the second Militia Act of 1792 was passed into law. This act established state militia organizations that would be available for federal service and called for the conscription of “each and every free able-bodie...
By Nathan Coker
In Features
Jan 6th, 2023
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by Guy Miller. Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum It didn’t have to happen but it did. And it was the loser’s fault. By August 1814 Great Britain and the United States had initiated negotiations to end what is now called the War of 1812. The British War Minister, however, did...
