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Pieces of the Past

Few things provide a more pristine snapshot of a particular decade or era than its ephemera.

May 2023
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Pieces of the Past

There are naval artists, and then there are Navy artists—painters who ply their talents in an official capacity while in uniform.

April 2023
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Pieces of the Past

Throughout history, naval leaders have been honored on coins and commemorative medallions intended for collectors. A few have even risen to rule their nations.

January 2023
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Pieces of the Past

The National Museum of American History has several artifacts from the Imperial Japanese Navy’s 7 December 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

November 2022
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Pieces of the Past

When Lieutenant (junior grade) Corwin Mendenhall Jr. received word that he had been promoted to lieutenant, he was a long way from a Navy uniform shop.

September 2022
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Pieces of the Past

Soviet postal authorities and their Russian Federation successors have honored numerous historic and modern warships.

August 2022
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Pieces of the Past

An artifact in the National Museum of American History tells the intriguing tale of a U.S. Navy connection to, of all things, the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Frank A. Blazich Jr.
May 2022
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Pieces of the Past

Letters from Amelia Earhart to President Roosevelt detail her plans to circumnavigate the globe.

Eric Mills
March 2022
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Pieces of the Past

In October 2021, the popular online massive multiplayer game World of Warships released a peculiar ship into the game’s U.S. fleet.

Jack Russell
January 2022
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Pieces of the Past

The history of U.S. naval aviation, at least up to the start of the jet age, is celebrated on a number of U.S. postage stamps.

Michael Markowitz
November 2021