Don's Blog Posts

I am excited to announce that I have ePublished my third eBook, "Creating Digital History.” While the title implies history, it is really...

Congress established the U.S. Army Signal Corps on March 3, 1863, and today it is in charge of communications and information systems...

Would you like to print one of my eBooks for yourself? The 8"x 10" printed pages have slightly larger fonts. For instructions on printing...

As I was doing research for my next eBook, “Talking Flags” – A History of the US Army Signal Corps, I became aware the United States Army...

I am excited to announce my new redesigned, but unedited “Family Wall of Honor”.  I call it Version 2 and it consists of two elements....

Eighty years ago, on June 6, 1944, 156,000 Allied troops landed on five separate beaches in Normandy, France. The invasion is...

That is me at the left of this picture below. I was an 18-year-old Specialist 4th Class, serving as a Fire Control Operator in a HAWK...

What is a Digital Historian? The answer may depend on whom you ask and how you ask it. "Digital History" focuses on “the use of digital...

Feb. 1, 1968 - AP Photo (Eddie Adams) In this AP file photo, South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, fires his pistol into the head of...

I am excited to officially announce my first eBook, “If It Flies, It Dies” - A History of the United States Army Air Defense Artillery...

In April of this year, Ukraine made four primary weapons requests: Ammunition (in particular 155mm artillery shells) Armored vehicles...

Missiles for the HAWK Air Defense System and four Avenger Air Defense Systems equipped with Stinger missiles are headed to Ukraine as...

Earlier today I posted a blog about the first woman to enlist in the United States Armed Forces. While that is a true fact, there was...

In the spring of 1917, the United States began preparing for the inevitability of war. However, men were not enlisting in sufficient...

On Aug. 1, 1907, the U.S. Army Signal Corps established a small Aeronautical Division to "take charge of all matters pertaining to...

After the Viet Cong attacked our military compound at Pleiku, President Johnson ordered the deployment of the Marines' 1st LAAM (Light...