Wooden packing box used to ship hair plumes to Fort Leavenworth for the 10th Cavalry. Rectangular with sides consisting of one piece of wood and bottom made of two tongue and groove pieces, one 8 inches wide and the other 10 inches wide. Pieces are...
This paper will present an overview of my career in the Army. In November, 1987 I enlisted into the Army. I attended Basic Training, Advanced Infantry Training, Airborne School and the Ranger Indoctrination Program at Ft. Benning, Georgia. I have...
Pressed blue felt helmet with black leather visor binding and hat band. Two brass side buttons with crossed arrow. Brass eagle cavalry helmet plate with white metal crossed arrows applied to shield. Two brass attachment rings for bands and...
Sword 4 3/4" overall, blade 35 3/4" x 1 1/4" wide at the hilt, curved and single edged with only a rudimentary false edge. Two fullers: one broad one running from the ricasso to within 10" of the point, and a shorter narrow one at the back of the...
Breeches style trousers designed to be worn with leggings. Trousers have reinforced knees and inner thighs and laced calves. Pants have a five button fly. Buttons are steel. Pants have six belt loops and five pockets (two rear, two slash front and...
Flap made of two layers of canvas bound with webbing tape. Inside layer forms a pocket divided into three sections. The large middle section is secured by leather strips (broken) and is flanked by two narrow pockets. A billet of tape and three...
.52 caliber, smooth bore, 21" barrel, 36" stock and 40" overall. Oval stud front sight, set 3/4" from muzzle and open rear sight mounted 2' from breech. Barrel is fastened to walnut stock by 2 bands. Front band held by stud band spring on right...
Brass two inch Citizens Military Training Camps (CMTC) badge with a slightly convex enameled front center. The center has brass lettering surrounded by red, white, and blue enameled sections. Around the enameled center is raised lettering. The...
The study analyzes John Ford’s films Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950) for their historical portrayal of the frontier cavalry. Ford is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost chroniclers and...
التعلم من حروبنا الحديثة: ضرورات الاستعداد لمستقبل يتسم بالخطورة
Learning From Our Modern Wars: The Imperatives of preparing for a Dangerous Future
الفريق بيتر دبليو...
ما وراء قوة االسلاح والحديد: إحياء أدوات غير عسكرية للقوة الأمريكية
Beyond Guns and Steel: Reviving the Nonmilitary Instruments of American Power
نص كلمة وزير الدفاع...
إعادة الالتحام بجذورنا: تأملات حول المبادئ الأخلاقية للجيش
Reconnecting With Our Roots: Reflections on the Army's Ethic
الفريق روبرت إل. كاسلين، الابن، الجيش...
Cincha made of two piece canvas, 10 inches wide with latigo iron and chape sewn to ends, latigo strap sewn into iron at one end. A circular leather piece with a leather thong is sewn to cincha approximately 13 inches from latigo end of strap.
Cincha made of two piece canvas,10 inches wide with latigo iron and chape sewn to ends. Latigo strap sewn to cincha approximately 13 inches from latigo end of strap.
Cincha made of two thicknesses canvas 10 inches wide with latigo irons and straps on each end. The center is faced with leather which has a slot (10" x 1 1/2") and screwed to cincha at this point is wood block support.
White felt hat with a broad, flat brim and high indented crown. White silk hat band with carved leather belt style band on top of that. Leather has long billet tipped in silver and an ornate silver buckle. Brim bound in silk. Sweatband of brown...
.30 caliber Browning water cooled machine gun, barrel length 24". Front sight, blade type with cover mounted near muzzle. Rear sight, adjustable leaf sight with apertures and open "U" sights.
Water cooled machine gun, light model MG08/15. Caliber 7.92mm. Waterjacket holds five pints. Crank on right side of receiver. Belt-fed from steel from magazine. Fitted with wood rifle-type buttstock intended for shoulder use. On bottom near rear of...
.54 caliber flintlock pistol with 8 1/2" round smooth bore barrel held to stock by single branch-band. Three quarters length walnut stock 11 1/8" long. All mountings are iron. The barrel has a brass knife blade front sight. Rear sight is on the...