Sources
Primary vs. Secondary vs. Tertiary Sources Image, from Clark State Community College Libguide.
Internet Resources
- Library of Congress War & Military Digital Collections
- Library of Congress Veterans History Project Collection
- National Archives: Military Records Hub
- Air Force Historical Support Division
- USMC Archives - Photos - Flickr
- National Museum of the Marine Corps Virtual Experience
- Naval History and Heritage Command
- Navy Art Collection Online Exhibits
- U.S. Army Center Of Military History
- The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
- U.S. Military Academy Library Digital Collections (West Point)
- U.S. National Strategy Documents
African American Soldiers
- An Act to Grant the Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines
- African Americans in the U.S. Army
- A bill to be entitled An act to increase the military force of the Confederate States
- The Black Wings Story
- Desegregation of the Armed Forces
- The Diary of Michael Shiner
- Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
- Montford Point Marines
- Pictures of African Americans During World War II
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion, 1944
- Report by the Special Subcommittee on Disciplinary Problems in the US Navy. 92nd Cong., 2d sess., 1973, H.A.S.C. 92-81
- The story of Winfred Lynn
- U.S. Army Center Of Military History
- Various Documents Relating to the Port Chicago Disaster
- Veterans' Stories: Struggles for Participation (LOC)
- Veterans History Project
- “To the colored soldiers of the U.S. Army.”
American Women Soldiers
- The Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project
- Library of Congress - Experiencing War - Women in 4 Wars (Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, & Afghanistan)
- Role of Women in the Army
- Rutgers Oral History Archives
- Topics in Chronicling America - Hello Girls
- United States Army Women's Museum
- Veterans' Stories: Struggles for Participation (LOC)
- W.A.C. (Women's Army Corps) Act
- Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948
- Women Airforce Service Pilots Digital Archive
- Women In Military Service For America Memorial - Collections
- “A Mother’s Duty to Her Children”
- “Cutting a New Path”: A World War II Navy Nurse Fights Sexism in the Military
- “Forcing the Resignation of Women with Minor Children Is in This Day and Age an Anachronism”
- “To Dictate the Terms of Motherhood”
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