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Remember those that made the #ultimatesacrifice #mia #pow #kia #sonsofliberty. #patriots #army #navy #marines #aircorps #airforce #coastguard #spaceforce #merchantmarine; all those that have worn the cloth.

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In Their Memory,

Robert Coalter, Executive Director

Jason Weigler, Executive Director

Major Robert Weigler, Jr. US Army Ret. - Director

"Saving Military History One Soldier At A Time".^SM 

"Saving History One Soldier At A Time"^SM

On 2 July 2026, we attended a monthly luncheon of the Metroplex Marines Coordinating Council in DFW. We were treated to a speaker with an extraordinary service in Vietnam. CPT John Tiddark. We brought some memorabilia from the Sons of Liberty Museum Collection. Items of US Army Special Forces and World War II US Marine Corps including a Marine Raider.

(L. to R. ) Robert Coalter, Sons of Liberty Museum, CPT John Tiddark, US Army, Eric Reed, USMC.

Captain John R. Tiddark talked about his role in the Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War.  There were two principal elements to Phoenix. The first element was intended to promote intelligence sharing among U.S. and Vietnamese agencies. The second element was an action arm against the Vietcong’s infrastructure.

Biography John R. Tiddark

John R. Tiddark, a member of the Commanche Nation was raised by his grandparents in Oklahoma. Valedictorian of his high school class, Tiddark attended Cameron Junior College in Lawton, OK as a scholarship student.  After 18 months, Tiddark enlisted in the Army and served in an airborne unit in Germany before acceptance in Officer Candidate School in 1966. During OCS, he earned the Distinguished Military Graduate award as he placed third in his class of 150. He married Valeta in 1966 and was assigned to the 10^th Special Forces Group at Bad Tolz Germany, as a both adjutant and an A and B commander.

From Germany, Tiddark was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center at Fort Bragg, NC for military assistance training. From there, Tiddark went to Vietnam as an advisor to the Vietnamese with the Phoenix Program. Tiddark was wounded in May 1969. Returning to the United States for convalescence at Fort Sill, OK, Tiddark resumed college courses at night. After completing his Army service, Tiddark earned his degree from the Southwestern Oklahoma College of Pharmacy and moved to Mesquite.

He worked in retail, hospital, and government pharmacy. For 26 years, Tiddark served as Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor at North Texas Veterans Hospital prior to his retirement.

In retirement, Tiddark actively promotes his Native American culture. He served as both president and vice president of the Texas Indian Heritage Society. In addition, Tiddark served as board member for the American Indian Center of Dallas and the Dallas Inter-Tribal Center. As a pharmacist, he volunteered his time in the Dallas Inter-Tribal Center Pharmacy. He is active in establishing education venues to present the history of Native Americans of Texas and North America.

CPL William Fredric “Bill” Haebig,

US Army, ASN 36813417

Born: 3 Sep 1923, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Died: 1 Dec 1984 (61 y/o), Iron Mountain, Michigan

He registered on 30 Jun 1942 and enlisted in the Army on 25 Mar 1943. His unit, the 43rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), 3rd Cavalry Group arrived in the United Kingdom in Jun 1944. They landed on mainland Europe coming ashore at Normandy on Utah Beach on 9 Aug 1944. His unit was under Walker’s XX Corps and Patton’s Third Army. He was wounded on 16 Aug 1944 with a bullet through his helmet to his head at Rambouillet, France. Ten days later he got a shrapnel wound to his leg. He left Europe on 31 Oct 1945 on the US Army Hospital Ship John J. Meany and arrived in New York on 15 Nov 1945. He was medically and honorably discharged from the service on 25 Nov 1947.

Awards & Decorations

Purple Heart Medal w/ 1 Oak Leaf Cluster (2nd Award),

Army Good Conduct Medal,

American Campaign Service Medal,

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Service Medal w/ 2 Bronze Campaign Stars,

WWII Victory Medal

Eyewitness to History, Participant in History. Nothing beats official and personal stories of those that were there. Read the following reports of two Army Air Forces pilot's official reports of flights on the 4th of July 1944.

Major Gordon Baker, 4 July 1944 Mission Report

CONFIDENTIAL

HEADQUARTERS SIXTY SECOND FIGHTER SQUADRON AAF STATION F-150,

APO 637 U.S. ARMY

Personal Combat Report

VIII Fighter Command F.O. No. 429

a. Combat

b. 4 July, 1944

c. 62nd Fighter Squadron

d. Approx. 1830 hours

e. Conches Area

f. Cloud layer 6/7,000'

g. Me 109's

h. One Me 109 claimed Destroyed, and One Me 109 claimed Damaged.

I was leading Red Flight and we followed White Flight down through a break in the clouds on a gaggle of e/a. As I started a turn to the right I saw three Me 109's in a "V" formation flying towards me, about 100' off the deck. I tightened in my turn to about 600 yds. astern of them. Opening fire with a long burst, I then held my fire until about 200 yds. distant and then opened up again, getting an excellent concentration of heavy strikes on the wing roots and fuselage. The Jerry apparently chopped his throttle and I came up into the deck and exploded. Another P-47 came in from about 500 yds left of Jerry but I did not see any strikes. I then started a climbing turn and, at 3,000' saw two Me 109's pass perpendicularly to my course, in a thin layer of clouds. I pulled in on the #2 man, at that point, found another 109 behind me.

Surprisingly, he passed me and pulled off to the right without firing. The #2 dived away and turned 180° to me about 2,000 yds. distant. I turned him, however, and at 4,000' he went for the deck in a dive. I fired a long burst from about 200 yds. and saw hits along the fuselage before pulling out at 2,000'. The e/a was still going down but, when I had recovered from the dive, I had lost sight of him.

I claim One Me 109 Destroyed, and One Me 109 Damaged. GORDON E. BAKER, Major, Air Corps. AMMUNT REPORT 42-26337 1,650 rounds API/T "...

2nd Lt. Baird Knox 4 July 1944 Mission Report

HEADQUARTERS SIXTY SECOND FIGHTER SQUADRON AAF STATION F- 1 5 0 , APO 637 U.S. ARMY Personal Combat Report VIII Fighter Command F.O. No. 429

a . Combat

b. 4 July , 1944

c . 6 2nd Fighter Squadron

d . Approx. 1 830 hours

e . Conches Area

f . Cloud layer 6/7,000 '

g . Me 109's

h . One Me 109 claimed Destroyed and One claimed Damaged .

i . " Red Leader and I went down to bounce three Me 109's flying at 200' and I found myself dead astern of one of these . Opening fire at 150 yds. I closed to point blank range. As I did so, the pilot jettisoned his canopy and baled out, passing directly beside my ship. I gave another short burst to the e/a before it crashed in a field. As I was turning I spotted another Me 109 and gave him a deflection shot. I saw several hits on the wings before the Jerry broke away. On the way down on our initial bounce I passed a chute . This must have been the pilot of the e/a destroyed by Capt . Moseley for it was he who had been in that vicinity at that time. I also saw Major Baker attack and score heavy hits on another Me 109 - he closed in on the e/a during this and the latter went on in."

I claim One Me 109 Destroyed , and One Me 109 Damaged.

BAIRD M. KNOX , 2nd Lt ., Air Corps . ARMAMENT REPORT Lt. Baird M. Knox 42-26 060 298 rounds API/T

CPL James Arthur Scarborough, US Army

Born: 6 Jun 1948, Mesa, Arizona

Killed: 2 Jan 1969 (20 y/o), Dinh Toung Province, Vietnam

The Silver Star, the nation’s third highest award for valor, was awarded

posthumously to US Army Corporal James Arthur Scarborough, 20, at the home

of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Anderson of Mesa, Arizona.

CPL Scarborough was serving with 3rd Platoon, A Company, 6th Battalion, 31st

Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, US Army Vietnam as a Light Weapons

Infantryman (Machine Gunner). In late Dec 1968, the 9th Infantry Division

launched “Operation Speedy Express” in the Mekong Delta. On 2 Jan 1969,

A Company was engaged in heavy combat against entrenched Viet Cong forces

in the Dinh Tuong Province. During the firefight, CPL Scarborough’s unit came

under intense, direct enemy small arms fire. CPL Scarborough completely

exposed himself to the volume of enemy gunfire in order to move his machine-

gun into a more advantageous firing position. His heavy, accurate return fire

successfully suppressed the enemy and forced a Viet Cong withdrawal. As the

enemy retreated, they turned the full force of their firepower directly on his

position, and he was mortally wounded by small arms fire.

Awards & Decorations

Silver Star Medal,

Bronze Star Medal,

Purple Heart Medal (1 OLC),

National Defense Service Medal,

Vietnam Service Medal w/ 3 Campaign Stars,

Vietnam Gallantry Cross,

Vietnam Campaign Medal,

Army Presidential Unit Citation,

Combat Infantryman’s Badge

We have added over 4000 World War II US Marine Corps Silver Star Citations to the Sons of Liberty Museum website. Read these citations depicting gallantry in combat action by Marines in WWII. Read a few here.

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the SILVER STAR MEDAL to

CORPORAL MARTIN J. SCANLON,

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS,

for service as set forth in the following

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Wireman of a Forward Observation Team of Battery E, Second Battalion, Twelfth Marines, Third Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Guam, Marianas Islands, on the night of 21 and 22 July 1944. Accompanying a lieutenant to an observation post on the front lines where the enemy launched numerous counterattacks during the night, Corporal Scanlon repeatedly stood up to fire his carbine and to throw hand grenades at the attacking Japanese despite heavy enemy rifle, machine-gun, mortar and artillery fire. Refusing to give up his position when he sustained serious wounds, he continued to fight until ordered to withdraw and, although still subjected to intense enemy fire, carried a more seriously wounded Marine down a precipitous slope to an evacuation station where he fell unconscious as a result of his own wounds. His skill, courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

R- Pittsburgh, Pa.

B-

For the President,

JOHN L. SULLIVAN

Secretary of the Navy.

-----------------

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the SILVER STAR MEDAL to

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WALTER W. FRANK,

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS,

for service as set forth in the following

CITATION:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with Company C, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the assault on enemy-held Peleliu, Palau Islands, 15 September 1944. While his platoon was attacking behind supporting tanks, Private First Class Frank observed a hostile machine gun that was delivering severe flanking fire on other members of the company advancing behind the tanks. Acting on his own initiative, he boldly charged directly into the face of the machine-gun fire and succeeded in neutralizing the gun and four of its crew, thereby removing an obstacle which was causing many casualties on our troops and was in a position to stop the advance. His outstanding courage, aggressive fighting spirit and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

For the President,

[SIGNATURE BLOCK]

Secretary of the Navy.

R..Phoenix, Ariz.

B..Leslie, Ark.

Sergeant First Class Riley G. Stephens

(August 26, 1973 – September 28, 2012)

Independence was earned and declared 250 years ago, but many men and women continue to fight and die for that ideal that was birthed in 1776. The Sons of Liberty Museum Staff had the incredible opportunity to meet Mick Stephens father of Sfc. Riley Stephens at the DFW National Cemetery in North Texas for Memorial Day. We are proud to have been gifted with this challenge coin in his memory and dedication to family and country. Never forget !

Sergeant First Class Riley G. Stephens (August 26, 1973 – September 28, 2012) was a highly decorated U.S. Army Green Beret from Tolar, Texas. He served in the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) and was tragically killed in action in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, while providing covering fire to protect his unit. 

Early Life and Military Service

• Early Vocation: Native to Tolar, Texas (just south of Cleburne), he joined the Tolar Volunteer Fire Department as an EMT at age 17 and graduated as his high school salutatorian in 1991. 
• Infantry Years: Enlisting in the Army in January 1993 as an infantryman, he served with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell and later as a Scout Section Leader with the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 
• Special Forces: He graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course in March 2005 and became a Special Forces Medical Sergeant, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

Deployments and Ultimate Sacrifice

• Combat Record: Stephens completed five consecutive deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Final Deployment: On September 28, 2012, during his sixth deployment, he was fatally wounded by enemy small-arms fire while providing suppressive, covering fire for his unit during a firefight at a highway checkpoint.
• Historical Note: SFC Stephens' passing marked the somber milestone of the 2,000th U.S. service member killed in the Afghanistan War. 

Legacy and Honors

• Awards: His bravery and service earned him numerous decorations, including the Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, a second Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the Meritorious Service Medal. 
• Hometown Tribute: His funeral and burial drew immense community support. Thousands paid their respects as his flag-draped casket arrived at the Cleburne Municipal Airport before a horse-drawn caisson carried him to his final resting place at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
• The Duskin & Stephens Foundation: His memory and legacy are carried on by the Duskin & Stephens Foundation, a non-profit organization established in honor of him and another fallen comrade to support the Special Operations community and Gold Star families.

Sergeant First Class Riley G. Stephens earned more than 30 separate military awards, decorations, and skill badges throughout his distinguished 20-year Army career. His honors reflect both extreme battlefield heroism and advanced technical expertise as a Green Beret medical sergeant. 

According to his official profile on the Duskin & Stephens Foundation and the Special Forces Foundation, his full list of military decorations includes:

Valor and Combat Awards

• Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device: Awarded for specific acts of heroism and bravery in combat.
• Bronze Star Medal (with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster / 2nd award): For meritorious combat service.
• Purple Heart: Awarded for wounds sustained in action that tragically claimed his life.
• Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device: For heroic achievement during combat operations.
• Meritorious Service Medal: Awarded posthumously for his career-spanning dedication.

Campaign and Service Medals

SFC Stephens received numerous awards for his service in diverse operational environments, including the Army Commendation Medal, Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and multiple campaign-specific medals such as the Afghanistan Campaign Medal. 

Skill Badges, Tabs, and Special Credentials

He earned elite qualifications including the Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab, Combat Infantryman Badge, and Expert Infantryman Badge. Furthermore, he held the Senior Parachutist Badge and the Air Assault Badge.

RIP TROOPER. 

Father and Son

All non-profits need your support to operate and the Sons of Liberty and the Army Air Corps Museums need your help!

The first ask is the easiest; that you share this newsletter with 5 friends and family members.

Our next asks are financial support. We have a number of specific donations or one for our general fund. Each link will take you to the page on the website that describes our need and application of each donation.

Our new capital campaign for a new permanent facility is about to begin! stay tuned.

 New Education Center & General Fund

 Preserve A Donation $100

 Sponsor a Newsletter $250

 Support Museum Supplies $500

Purchase of 500 Riker Display Boxes $3500

 Support Web Operation $700

 Veteran Honorarium $750

 Veteran Honorarium $1375

 Veteran Honorarium $2000

 Sponsor a School Field Trip $1500 *plus any mileage if required.

 Mobile Museum Corporate Sponsorship $5000

Thank you for your consideration and support.

Want to create a permanent memorial for your veteran or family member? Instead of a brick that wears away from foot traffic, memorialize that special veteran on the side of the USH-Constitution our mobile museum.

Bronze

This is a 2 1/2" x 22" name placard. This is a 2 row display with the first line containing the name and the second a unit, conflict and branch. The top row is approx. 1" tall and the 2nd line 3/4".

2 1/2" x 22" - $750

Silver

This is a 2" x 36" name placard. This is a 1 row display with the line containing the name, unit, conflict and branch. The lettering is approximately 1 1/2" tall.

 2" x 36" - $1375



Gold

This is a 5" x 36" name placard. This is a 2 row display with the first line containing the name and the second a unit, conflict and branch. The top row is approx. 2" tall and the 2nd line 1 1/2".

5" x 36" - $2000

MM-1776

Mobile Museum 1776, the USH-Constitution.

Veteran Memorials

Our mobile-museum trailer has a place on the side for a visual honorarium and memorial for your veteran. Honor your veteran family member with a permanent marker on our mobile-museum.

Like bricks or pavers, this permanent memorial will be seen by many at schools, veteran and civic events. Get your Veteran Memorial Today!

Read more about Sons of Liberty Memorials

Read More About Army Air Corps Memorials

If you are looking to volunteer with a non-profit we would welcome your assistance. We have a need to transcribe over 150,000 of these index cards. Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Soldiers Medal, Bronze Stars and Purple Heart. Getting this information into our database will allow us to make this data searchable. Contact us to get started!

We are also looking for General Orders of World War II, digital copies are welcome; along with volunteers to transcribe this data.

Transcription of monthly unit histories and other documents are projects to help us recover and preserve history and are fantastic accounts written close to the actual events rather than decades later as memories may fade.

There are still thousands classified as Missing in Action or as Buried Unknowns. In our partnership with the MIA Recovery Network we have established data on our websites regarding MIAs.

The quest to account for those of our nation's Missing in Action is one of the most noble of endeavors. There are also a large number of recovered remains that are buried in ABMC cemeteries where the identity is unknown. These are known as X-Files.

The recovery of MIAs pose a number of challenges. For example, Navy or Merchant Marine ships that were sunk are unrecoverable and thus ship manifests are the primary and often only source of names for those that have perished but are still accounted.

Each conflict has had its own challenges. At the end of World War II the military had established more than 360 temporary cemeteries, but the dead were being found continually in farm fields, forests, small church cemeteries, isolated graves and the shores of combat zones. These dead were collected and the remains consolidated into the fourteen permanent European, Mediterranean, and North African Cemeteries maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission along with two permanent cemeteries in the Philippines and Hawaii.

Monetary donations are needed and very welcomed to support these efforts to create case files.

Please consider a Supporting Donation today. Thank You.

#neverforget #bringthemallhome

Sons of Liberty Museum

The Sons of Liberty has hundreds of uniforms and thousands of other artifacts in our collection from the U.S. Revolutionary War to Present day. Our web presence now numbers in excess of 500,000 pages. We continue to accept new material for education and research programs.

Our collection includes memorabilia from the front line soldier to the rear echelon clerk. Drivers, infantrymen, pilots, tankers, seaman, medical, artillery, armorers, engineers, quartermasters and much more. Those that were drafted or volunteered; those that did a single tour or made it a career. Those that returned with all types of injuries and those that gave their full measure; killed in action (KIA). All MOS are welcome from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines.

Monetary donations help us preserve and display these pieces of American History. Thank you for your support.

We are Saving Military History One Soldier At A Time. We are honoring the service of the Citizen Soldier.

#sonsofliberty

Volunteers

We need volunteers to transcribe award and roster documents. You will place the material into a spreadsheet where it will be added to our database and website. We welcome new dedicated volunteers to work from home and help us with this project!

Interesting Links & Resources

Researching History: Military Records

Honor Roll: Veteran Rosters and History

Donations

We welcome donations of monies for operational costs. Artifact donations are sought in the form of papers, books, photos, gear, uniforms, jackets, medals, ribbons, weapons, equipment, scrapbooks, biographies, diaries and more. Please Contact Us

Revolutionary War, War if 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Cold War, Gulf War and current conflict donations accepted. From small to large multi-item donations, they all tell a story.

We need you ! We need your help to further our mission of preserving and bringing this history to the public. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit your qualifying donations are tax deductible.

Army Air Corps Museum

The Air Corps Museum online presence encompasses over 500,000 web pages with thousands of photos and other materials. Our artifact collection contains hundreds of uniforms, albums, logs, medals and more from the Army Air Service, Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force.

World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Cold War, Gulf War and current conflict donations welcome!

Volunteers

We need volunteers to transcribe documents, placing the material into a spreadsheet. We welcome new dedicated volunteers to help us with this project! Work from home.

Interesting Links & Resources

Trace a Family Members Military Service: Research a Veteran's Military History

Honor Roll: Army Air Corps Veteran Roster, Honor Roll

Donations

We welcome donations of papers, books, photos, gear, uniforms, jackets, medals, ribbons, weapons, equipment, scrapbooks, biographies, diaries, letters and more. Please Contact Us

Monetary donations help us preserve and display these pieces of American History. Thank you for your support. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit your qualifying donations are tax deductible.

As a non-profit it's important to let our patrons know where their money is going.

This riker-mount display box is one of the most important pieces that we use. They contain ribbons, medals, patches, pictures and other small memorabilia items. They are great to help reserve items as well.

Each year we purchased 500 of these items. We will fill them all with great artifacts in less than 12 months. $5000.

Constant Contact charges us $1200 annually to create, store and send this newsletter.

Our web servers, domains and hosting cost $8200 / year. Our hosting requirement of storage will only increase over the coming years as we continue to add to our online material.

The annual total for just these three components is $14,400. Naturally, we have other expenditures, but 100% of monetary donations go to operations. All staff and directors are volunteers.

Monetary donations are needed and very welcomed to support these efforts.

Please consider a Military Museum Donation today. Thank You.



We rescue a lot of military artifacts; items destined for the trash heap. From torn papers and faded ribbons to moth damaged uniforms, decades pass and the condition of items deteriorate. These artifacts still have a story to tell.

Many museums only want items in pristine condition, we say differently. Some so called museums only want materials from a well known commander written up in history books or the fighter ace or a man who would fly to the moon or a Medal of Honor recipient.

While we have artifacts such as these we also have the items of the draftee who answered their nation's call and served their tour and then went home. Some were not so fortunate, there is special place in our hearts for the KIAs. In our mission of "Saving Military History One Soldier at a Time" it is about all who have worn the cloth of our nation's military. Artifacts help us bring stories to life no matter their condition.

We accept donations of artifacts in ALL CONDITIONS.

The Cinema, another way to describe it is it's our own Netflix.

130 combat films represented by 209 clips and 1436 minutes of footage will keep you watching for hours.

Army, Army Air Forces, Navy, Marines. WW2 and Vietnam. There's something for everyone.

This is a subscription service of $14.95/month.

Take a few minutes and go see what's "Now Showing" and decide if you want to signup and start watching.

Sons of Liberty Virtual Cinema

Last year we began redesigning our websites, many of these have not had a new design for 10 years. We completed:

Complete Redesigns:

5thaf.org - Fifth Air Force

7thaf.org - Seventh Air Force

9af.org - Ninth Air Force

47th Bombardment Group

Army Air Corps Museum

Sons of Liberty Museum

10af.org - Tenth Air Force

14af.org - Fourteenth Air Force

cbihistory.org - China-Burma-India,Theater. A New Website.

www.15af.org - Fifteenth Air Force

Many Updates/Enhancements:

8af.org - Eighth Air Force

We have quite a few more websites to go; but keep following us and this newsletter for updates.

Interested in reading and watching; check out some of the material below.

WATCH:

On X:

US Army Air Forces and Lafayette Escadrille, North Africa World War II 1942-43. US General Carl Spaatz. (In Color)

Airfield Activity on Iwo Jima (color).

B-25s of 41st Bombardment Group in the Pacific in Color

SBD Dauntless over the Pacific (color)

American Tanks in the ETO (color)

On Facebook:

With the US Army in North Africa 1942.

Normandy: Infantry Hits the Beach

Medics Tend to Wounded GIs in Europe, WWII

332nd Fighter Group Men, Interview in Italy

B-29 Superfortress: Pacific World War II in Color

READ:

1942 Operational Diary of the 10th Air Force (Beginning 1 June).

Charles Lawton, 443rd Troop Carrier, Pilot Encounter Narrative

Historical Background on the History of the 5th Air Force of World War II

5th Air Force Highlights Bismark Sea, Lae and Rabaul.

Army Air Forces on D-Day

Air Operations, 1 March 1941, Territory of Hawaii

Message From Admiral Stark to Admiral Kimmel 4 June 1941

4th Infantry Division on Utah Beach on D-Day

US Army Studies, D-Day the Cross-Channel Attack.

Pearl Harbor Attack, Experiences of the 580th Signal Air Warning Bn.

1st Infantry Division, After Action Reports 6 June 1944

18th IR, 1st Infantry Division, Unit History June 1944

115IR, 29th Infantry Division, June 1944 After Action Report

D-Day Operations 4th Infantry Division

Army Rangers, Combat Interviews 6-8 June 1944

D-Day on Normandy 6 June 1944

101st Airborne Pathfinders on D-Day

Sun Tzu Observes D-Day Invasion of Normandy



---- What is Liberty ? ----

"definition. the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views." 

Merriam-Webster defines it as " the power to do as one pleases, the freedom from physical restraint and freedom from arbitrary or despotic control.

---- So what is a Son of Liberty? ----

In our context and beginning these were the men and women in America who wanted their liberty and freedom from the King of England. They desired a right of self-determination for their lives.  They fought for this liberty and codified it in the Constitution of a new country.  To keep this liberty they created a military to ward off the any would-be belligerent. Since the War of Independence until and including the present day the men and women who have worn the cloth of our nation's military are its Sons of Liberty.  They have fought enemies in other nations, they have fought each other and they have stood as sentinels of the watch.

We celebrate the service of these individuals, we tell the historical story of these selfless patriots.

---- The Sons of Liberty Museum ----

Over 15 years ago we chose a name for this organization and our sister the Army Air Corps Library and Museum. We believe these names accurately describe these men and women who serve. We will not change any name to satisfy a radical viewpoint or computer algorithm. We don't allow for any revisionist history, we tell the factual stories.

We are Saving Military History One Soldier at a Time.^SM

Our Mission

Saving Military History One Soldier at a Time^SM 

Saving Military History One Airman at a Time^SM 

Saving Military History One Marine at a Time^SM 

Saving Military History One Aviator at a Time^SM 

Saving Military History One Seaman at a Time^SM 

Saving Military History One Infantryman at a Time^SM 

Saving Military History One Patriot at a Time^SM 

Saving Military History One Citizen Soldier at a Time^SM 

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