From the archive: October 13, 1962
A small, high-capacity, generalpurpose digital computer for use in a wide range of rugged military applications was introduced by General Precision’s …
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From the archive: October 1870
Editor’s note: These talks, held at Fort Laramie in the first week of October 1870, followed the 1868 treaty that ended the two-year Red Cloud’s War.
Secretary …
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From the archive: October 6, 1962
Navy shipbuilding programs must be doubled if the U.S. Fleet is to maintain present strength and carry out assigned roles in …
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The daily papers publish a dispatch from San Francisco which states, on the authority of some anonymous correspondent at Honolulu, that Commander [William T.] Truxton, of the sloop-of-war Jamestown, requested Consul [Thomas] …
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F-104A Starfighters were to be used to train Air Force space pilots.
From the archive: September 29, 1962
Three Lockheed F-104A Starfighters will be specially equipped with …
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The Defense Department considered axing the 1st Armored Division in 1957.
From the archive: September 28, 1957
Secretary Charles E. Wilson’s order for a military manpower cutback to 2,600,000 will …
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Wounded U.S. soldiers at Santa Mesa, Manila, 1899.
From the archive: September 23, 1899
Editor’s note: As the U.S. tried to take control of the Philippines in the wake of the Spanish-American …
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Nike Hercules surface-to-air missiles at Fort Hancock, N.J.
From the archive: September 21, 1957
The Army has launched a test to find out if women soldiers can …
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Navy corpsmen carry a wounded man from a U.S. Marine Corps HO3S-1 evacuation helicopter to a hospital in Korea on Oct. 3, 1950.
From the archive: Sept. 16, 1950
Lt. …
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From the archive: September 12, 1964
Editor’s note: No one knew it at the time, but the Aluminaut — built for research — would in 1966 be used to recover a hydrogen …
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