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    • Axis uniforms--German and Italian.

    • Axis uniforms--German and Italian.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • The Axis powers against the Allies in WW II were Nazi Germany, Japan. and Italy.
    • Bushmasters display.

    • Bushmasters display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • BUSHMASTERS

      The 158th Infantry Regiment was born September 2, 1865, as the First Arizona Volunteer Infantry. The Regiment was drafted into Federal Service for World War I, 5 August 1917 as part of the 40th Division. Reorganization after...
    • Bushmasters display.

    • Bushmasters display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • BUSHMASTERS

      The 158th Infantry Regiment was born September 2, 1865, as the First Arizona Volunteer Infantry. The Regiment was drafted into Federal Service for World War I, 5 August 1917 as part of the 40th Division. Reorganization after...
    • Bushmasters display with accolade.

    • Bushmasters display with accolade.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • General Douglas MacArthur gave the accolade to the Arizona Bushmasters--No greater fighting combat team has ever deployed for battle.
    • Code Talker

    • Code Talker

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • HOPI CODE TALKERS

      Although the Navajo tribe is most remembered for its contributions to the World War II communications code units, the Hopi tribe also helped in the communications coding efforts. Eleven Hopi men developed a code...
    • Diorama of German POW camp in Phoenix.

    • Diorama of German POW camp in Phoenix.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • The POW gallery features a diorama that illustrates how twenty-five German naval officers and sailors dug an elaborate tunnel to escape from the camp. (They were all re-captured.)
    • Korea War display.

    • Korea War display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • The Korean War was the first United Nations war where the United States was a majorforce.
    • Vietnam--Tet, Hue, and "The Turning Point."

    • Vietnam--Tet, Hue, and "The Turning Point."

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • The Tet Offensive 1968

      Early in 1968 the Communists launched a major offensive to coincide with the traditional Vietnamese New Year celebrations (29 to 31 January). It was a time of an agreed cease-fire. NVA/VC suicide troops struck in...
    • Vietnam--Khe Sanh and Lang Vei display.

    • Vietnam--Khe Sanh and Lang Vei display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • Operation PEGASUS

      On March 30, 1968 at 0800, the operational control of the 26th Marine Regiment at Khe Sanh passed to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) which initiated Operation PEGASUS. Elsewhere in northern I Corps Tactical Zone,...
    • Vietnam--NVA, VC, and ARVN uniforms.

    • Vietnam--NVA, VC, and ARVN uniforms.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • Tet was a particularly crushing defeat for the VC. It had not only failed to trigger any uprising but also cost them "our best people," as former Viet Cong doctor Duong Quyunh Hoa later admitted to reporter Stanley Karnow. Yet the very fact of the...
    • Vietnam--various U.S. uniforms.

    • Vietnam--various U.S. uniforms.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • There is perhaps no greater testimony to the celebratory atmosphere that surrounded the Communist victory in Vietnam than the 1975 Academy Awards, which took place on April 8, just three weeks before the South's final surrender. The award for Best...
    • Huey gunship.

    • Huey gunship.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • The UH-1 "Huey" helicopter was the iconic image of the Vietnam War. The museum has a Huey on display.
    • Medal of Honor display.

    • Medal of Honor display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • Arizona has many Medal of Honor recipients. Most of them were Indian who received the nation's higest honor during the Indian Wars.
    • Women in the Military display.

    • Women in the Military display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • Women have served in the military in various capacities, and in the actions in Iraq many have given their lives in the service of their country.
    • Terrorism display.

    • Terrorism display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • Various Definitions of Terrorism
      Controversy in Defining Terrorism

      The difficulty in defining "terrorism" is in agreeing on a basis for determining when the use of violence (directed at whom, by whom, for what ends) is legitimate;...
    • Operation Desert Storm display.

    • Operation Desert Storm display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991)

      The first major conflict involving the United States since Vietnam proved to be a catharsis of sorts for the American military and public. Just as the Spanish-American War of 1898 gave the nation a...
    • Operation Enduring Freedom display.

    • Operation Enduring Freedom display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • Operation Enduring Freedom

      The War in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) began in October, 2001 in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989...
    • Operation Iraqi Freedom display.

    • Operation Iraqi Freedom display.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • Operation Iraqi Freedom

      On March 19, 2003, American and British forces began Coalition bombing of Iraq--"Operation Iraqi Freedom." The belligerents involved were United States, Great Britain, Australia, Poland, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman,...
    • Frank Luke

    • Frank Luke

    • Unknown

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • Frank, Jr. was born and raised in Arizona Territory. On January 23, 1918, he got his wings and a commission as a second lieutenant at Rockwell Field in San Diego. After a leave, he was off to catch his ship in New York and find his war in...

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