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pages to its website. (1/1/04)
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- California Naval History:
- The Early
Submarines of Mare Island
- Californians and the Military
- Juan Rodriguez
Cabrillo: Portuguese Discoverer Of California, 1542
- José Francisco
Ortega: First Comandante Presidio Santa Barbara, 1782-1784
Juan Bautista
de Anza
- Pedro Fages: Twice
Governor of Alta California, 1770-1774 and 1782-1791
- Felipe de
Goicoechea: Comandante, Santa Bárbara 1784-1802
- Ignacio Martinez:
Cadet, Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara 1799-1805
- José
de la Guerra y Noriega: Military Commander of Santa Barbara
- Colonel
Gregory R. "Pappy" Boyington: Medal of Honor Recipient
- Ed McMahon: Marine
Corps Aviator
- Tyrone Power: Actor,
Marine Corps Aviator
- Ted Williams:
Baseball Legend, Marine Corps Aviator
- Spanish and Mexican California
- Presidios
of the Frontier Line
- The Naval Department
of San Blas: Spain's Supply and Shipbuilding Center for Alta
California and the Pacific Northwest, 1770-1810
- Antonio Maria
de Bucareli y Ursúa: Viceroy of New Spain, 1771-1779
- José de Gálvez:
Visitor General of New Spain, 1765-1772
- Teodoro de Croix:
Captain General on the Interior Provinces, 1776-1783
- Historic California Posts
- Naval Air
Weapons Station, Point Mugu
- Naval
Auxiliary Air Station, Ventura County
- Naval Air
Facility, El Centro
- Marine Corps
Air Staion, El Toro
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Military Historian
Selected to Lead California's Community Colleges SACRAMENTO - The Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges today announced the appointment
of Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Dr. Marshall
"Mark" Drummond as chancellor for the state community
college system. Dr. Drummond is a Warrant Officer 1 in the California
Center for Military History of the State Military Reserve.
Drummond will officially
assume his new role on January 18, 2004, when exiting Chancellor
Thomas J. Nussbaum officially retires. He will begin spending
time in Sacramento on January 5, however, in order to work with
Nussbaum to ensure a smooth transition in leadership for the largest
system of higher education in the world.
"We are extremely excited
that Chancellor Drummond has accepted this position," said
Catherine L. Unger, President of the Board of Governors.
"This is a challenging
time for California and the community colleges. Mark Drummond
has a record of galvanizing public support for the colleges and
we believe he will hit the ground running to work with the new
Governor and the Legislature to find the resources needed to keep
the colleges vital in building the future of the state."
"I am grateful for
the opportunity to serve the California Community Colleges at
a time when enrollment demand is at an all-time high, and the
system is poised to play an increasingly pivotal role in California's
future," Drummond said in accepting his new post. "I
want to offer my thanks to the Board of Governors, and to my predecessor,
Tom Nussbaum, whose courage and skill as chancellor have led the
system through difficult times and strengthened the system."
Appointed chancellor of
the Los Angeles Community College District in June 1999, Drummond
is credited with resurrecting the district from a troubled history
of financial hardship, archaic bureaucracy and declining enrollment.
During his tenure, Drummond
succeeded in getting two bond measures, Propositions A and AA,
totaling more than $2 billion, approved by voters to make much-needed
improvements to the nine Los Angeles community college campuses.
In addition, he created a decentralized administrative system
that empowers each of the colleges, the college presidents, and
the communities they serve. Drummond also has revived awareness
of the opportunities available to students who enroll in Los Angeles
community colleges. Within four years, enrollment in the District
grew from 100,000 to more than 130,000 students before the colleges
were forced to cap enrollment due to state funding cuts.
"The Board of Governors
faced a tough choice in selecting the next chancellor of the California
Community Colleges. They have made the right choice with Mark
Drummond," said California State Secretary of Education Richard
Riordan. "Mark comes to this post with a reputation for being
a turnaround specialist and an effective leader. I look forward
to working with him."
"I am greatly encouraged
by the selection of Mark Drummond," said Senator Jack Scott,
Chair of the Senate's Budget Subcommittee on Education. "He
brings a wealth of experience, excellent educational insight and
a fine set of leadership skills to this position."
Prior to joining the Los
Angeles district, Drummond served as president of Eastern Washington
University for nearly a decade, significantly increasing the university's
endowment, grants and contracts and private and public funds.
Drummond also served as executive vice president, vice president
of administrative service and finances and vice president and
chief information officer.
Drummond holds extensive
experience in the private sector as well. He was a founding member
and general manager of Technology Specialists, Inc., and general
manager for West Coast operations at Systems and Computer Technology
Corporation, both based in Pennsylvania. Drummond is also the
past president of Management Services Associates in Hayward, California.
As Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges, Drummond will oversee policy development and
work with the Board of Governors to provide leadership, accountability
and advocacy for the system. Responsibilities of the Chancellor's
Office also include college financing and program management.
Nussbaum led a period of
growth and system development while at the helm of the California
Community Colleges. He is credited with increasing fiscal support
for the system and visibility for the colleges' ability to bolster
the social and economic success of the state. He led during four
of the largest funding increases in system history, resulting
in a base budget increase for community colleges of more than
$1.75 billion. His policy recommendations to address educational
issues, such as increased access and accountability, helped to
shape the fundamental role of community colleges in California
today and in the future.
"The past seven years
have been tremendously fulfilling, both in terms of being able
to develop a strategy for the future of community colleges in
California and working with the Board of Governors, my staff and
educational leaders throughout the state," said Nussbaum.
"I have always appreciated Mark Drummond's creativity, dynamism
and results-oriented approach and I think the Board made a great
choice. I am looking forward to working with Mark and the Board
of Governors to ensure an orderly transition."
"It was great news
this morning to hear that the Board of Governors has selected
a great leader from among us," said Piedad E. Robertson,
Superintendent/President of Santa Monica College. "I look
forward to working with him in his new capacity as chancellor
of the Community Colleges system."
"Mark Drummond will
make an excellent chancellor for the California Community College
system. He is an experienced leader who certainly knows the pressing
needs of higher education in general and the community colleges
in particular, since he has led the Los Angeles district the past
four years. I look forward to working with him in Sacramento,
as all of higher education joins together to protect quality and
access for the state's students," said California State University
Chancellor Charles B. Reed.
Raymond Holdsworth, Chairman
of the Board for the California State Chamber of Commerce strongly
endorsed Drummond's selection.
"I have worked closely
with Dr. Mark Drummond and found him to be a highly effective
manager, who has proven capable of guiding the Los Angeles Community
Colleges District in good times as well as challenging times,"
Holdsworth said. "Above all, he is dedicated to providing
opportunities for students to succeed, and to get the highly diverse
next generation ready for careers. A trained and educated workforce
is critical to California's economic future."
About the California
Community Colleges
The California Community
Colleges is a system of 108 public two-year institutions that
are administered through 72 community college districts throughout
the state. Each year more than 2 million students enroll in the
community colleges to prepare for transfer to four-year colleges
and universities, train for new careers, or upgrade their technical
or academic skills.
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (12/21/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Watsonville
- Naval
Air Station, North Island
- Marine Corps
Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (12/16/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Santa Rosa
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Vernalis
- Marine Corps
Air Station, Mojave
- Heraldry and Insignia of the California
State Military Forces
- Marksmanship
Badges of the California National Guard
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (12/7/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Naval Air
Station, Moffett Field
- Naval Air Station,
Oakland
- Naval
Air Station, Imperial Beach
- Naval
Air Facility, Treasure Island
- San Clemente
Island Range Complex
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (11/30/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Facility, Del Mar
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Facility, Eureka
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Hollister
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Holtville
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, King City
- Naval Air
Station, Livermore
- Naval Air Weapons
Station, China Lake
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (11/23/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Monterey
- Naval Post
Graduate School, Monterey
- Palm Springs
Army Air Field
- Torney
General Hospital
- Estrella Army
Air Field
- Sherwood
Field
- Naval
Auxiliary Air Station, Brown Field
- Marine
Corps Air Station, Miramar
- Spanish and Mexican California
- The
Presidios of Alta California
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- Historians
Hold Annual Conference: Over
fifty SMR Soldiers and guests attended the fourth annual Military
History Conference, held at Camp San Luis Obispo (CSLO). The
Conference featured professional development training, presentations
of projects and formal papers regarding military history. The
soldiers heard updates on various projects undertaken by the
California Center
for Militay History
and subordinate units and received current information on key
activities of the California National Guard (CNG).
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- As the Conference opened,
BG William Hamilton, Commander of CCMH, announced that the CNG
was asked to host the National Guard Museum Conference in 2004.
BG General John Alexander, Assistant Adjutant General of the
CNG, addressed the assembled Soldiers and briefed them on the
progress of establishing a Joint Headquarters at the Office of
the Adjutant General (OTAG). Mr. Jerry Dietz, treasurer of the
84th Division Association presented a check for $1000 to CSLO
Commander LTC Kelly Fisher. The funds are to be used for the
base historical Fund. LTC John Buethe provided an update on CNG
Homeland Security Activities. The Soldiers traveled to Camp Roberts
to receive briefings on the M1A1 Abrams Tank and the Bradley
Fighting Vehicle. The Soldiers also visited the Camp Roberts
Museum and the historical vehicles displayed and stored at the
museum’s restoration facility.
MAJ Roger McGrath and WO1 Marker Denger of the CCMH Naval History
Unit presented their video entitled from Cruisers to Carriers.
The video is about the accomplishments of 1LT Eugene Ely of the
CNG. In 1911, 1LT Ely was the first man to fly from the deck
of a U.S. Navy vessel and later that year was the first man to
land an airplane on of a U.S. Navy vessel.
MAJ McGrath and WO1 Denger presented a second video on the Great
White Fleet. This video was based on the photo album kept by
Mr. Emerson Manley who sailed with the fleet. Mr. Guy Orr, grandson
of Mr. Manley supplemented the video with a biography of his
grandfather.
Other presenters included Dan Krieger, History Professor at Cal
Poly San Luis Obispo, who discussed the activities of LTC John
Fremont and the California Battalion in San Luis Obispo. LTC
John Justice spoke on Fremont and the Capitulation at Cahuenga;
COL Ken Neilson spoke on World War II war dogs with pictures
and artifacts. COL Eric Martens and MAJ Thomas Nott discussed
the history of the Thompson sub-machine gun. LTC Norman Marshall
gave vignettes from the recently completed volumes on California
Naval History. 1LT Mark Susuki made a presentation about the
Combat Infantry Badge in World War II. CW4 David Crippen introduced
his CD on the military service of the Presidents of the United
States. SFC William Dean demonstrated the use of civil war equipment
and uniforms. SSG Dan Whitney spoke on early 20th century naval
uniforms and the functioning of the 16 inch naval gun turret.
During the CCMH award ceremonies, COL William Huss, Commander
of the Naval History Research Element was awarded the Order of
California in recognition of his contribution to the discovery
and retention of California’s military history. WO1 Mark
Denger received a California Commendation Medal for his service
to the Soldier Readiness Program. CW2 Henry Leon and WO1 Denger
received State Service Ribbon, awarded for state active duty
supporting the California Army National Guard. SFC Sandy Peralta
was recognized by BG Hamilton for her leadership in establishing
a historical program at Camp San Luis Obispo.
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- Some
of the Soldiers from the CCMH at Camp Roberts
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- BG William
Hamilton congratulates COL William Huss on receiving the Order
of California recognizing his service as commander of the Naval
Hiatory Unit. The Order of California is the state's highest
award for service
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- 86th Infantry
Division Makes Major Donation to Historical Program: In 1940, the U.S. Government took
over the nearly 4000 acres of Camp Merriam and renamed it Camp
San Luis Obispo as a combat training facility. The post was used
to train over 500,000 soldiers. In 1947 Camp San Luis Obispo
was returned to the State of California.
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- In 1944, the 86th Division,
also known as the Blackhawk Division, was assigned to Camp San
Luis Obispo for training and preparation to fight the Japanese
in the Pacific. However the German counteroffensive in the Ardennes
in December of 1944 changed the plan. The Division was sent to
Europe and engaged the Germans and fought until they surrendered
in May of 1945. The Division was returned to the U.S. and given
30 days leave. The Division was reorganized and scheduled for
participation in the invasion of Japan. The Division was sent
to Luzon and participated in fighting the Japanese in the Philippines.
The Division was one of two divisions who fought in the ETO and
the Pacific. The Division ended up in Japan and was discharged
in 1946.
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- Like many of the World
War II veterans, the 86th Division formed an association. Their
memories of training at Camp San Luis Obispo led some of them
to return to make their homes in the area. When the members of
the 86th Division Alumni Association learned that Camp SLO was
planning to establish a museum, they voted to donate funds and
give some of their memorabilia to the Historical Foundation for
eventual display.
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- During the celebration
of the 75th anniversary of Camp San Luis Obispo, Mr. Jerry Dietz,
a World War II Veteran and Treasurer of the 86th Division Association,
worked with SFC Sandy Peralta and others from the CCMH in setting
up a display about the 86th Division at the temporary museum.
During the 2003 California Center for Military History (CCMH)
annual Military History Conference, Mr. Dietz presented a check
for $1,000.00 from the Association to Camp San Luis Obispo Post
Commander LTC Kelly A. Fisher for use in developing the Post
museum.
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- LTC Kelly
A. Fisher, CSLO Garrison Commander, receives a check from Mr.
Jerry Dietz, Treasurer of the 86th Infantry Division while BG
William Hamilton, Commander of the CCMH and SFC Saundra Peralta,
SLO Post Historical NCO watch.
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (11/14/03)
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- California State Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
- Kibbe Rangers
- California and the Indian Wars
- The Yuma Revolt,
July 17, 1781
- Spanish and Mexican California
- California
Becomes a Province of the Mexican Empire
- Timeline
of the Settlement of the Central Coast
- Soldados de Cuera
- The Spanish
Navy in the Californias during the Revolutionary War Era
- Californians and the Military
- Capitan Fernando
de Rivera y Moncada: Military Governor of Alta California, Founder
of Los Angeles
- Phelipe de Neve: First
Governor of the Californias, 1777-1782
- José Dario
Arguello: Comandante, Santa Barbara, 1807-1815; Governor, Alta
California, 1814-1815
- Alférez Pablo
Antonio Cota (1744-1800)
- Colonel Roderick
N. Matheson: City Builder and Civil War Hero
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (11/9/03)
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- Spanish and Mexican California
- The Founders
of Santa Barbara: Who They Were and Whence They Came
- Californians and the Military
- Captain Antonio
Maria de la Guerra
- California State Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
- California
Fusileers
- Gibsonville
Blues
- Kibbe Guard
- Sierra Greys
- San
Francisco Light Guard
- San
Joaquin Mounted Rifles
- Sotoyame
Guard
- Trinity
Rangers
- Washington
Horse Guard
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- Army History
Chief Commends Historians:
Brigadier General
John S. Brown, Chief of Military History of the United States
Army, sent a congratulatory letter and commended the California
Center for Military History as an outstanding organization. The
letter was read to the CCMH Soldiers attending the Annual Military
History Conference held at Camp San Luis Obispo October 24-26.
The text of the letter follows:
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- It gives me great pleasure
to congratulate the fine soldiers of the California Center for
Military History on the occasion of this annual event. You all
know how hard you have worked to make your center the outstanding
organization that it is, and to sustain that superb reputation
over time. Even here in Washington D.C. you will find that your
reputation shines, especially with the Director of the Army National
Guard, who has shared of your impressive performance with me
personally.
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- Given my technical
responsibilities towards the Army Historical Program and the
Army Museum System, I frequently choose outstanding organizations
as a benchmark for others to emulate. You are truly such an organization.
Please keep up the great work - - and please have a wonderful
time at your annual get together!
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- Thanks.
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- John Sloan Brown, BG,
USA
Chief of Military History
- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (10/5/03)
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- Riots, Protests and
Other Civil Disturbances
- Folsom
Prison Riot, 1927
- The Military and the
San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
- Guard on Duty
in San Francisco Twenty-One Years Ago
- California and the Global War on Terrorism
- Operation
NOBLE EAGLE III
- Company A, 5th
Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Afganistan
- 126th Medical
Company (Air Ambulance) in Afghanistan
- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (9/20/03)
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- California and the Civil War
- California's
Confederate Militia: The Los Angeles Mounted Rifles
- California State Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
- Hooker
Light Infantry
- Esmerelda
Rifles
- Los
Angeles Mounted Rifles
- City Guard (Sacramento)
Historians
Support Camp San Luis Obispo's 75th Anniversary: Soldiers
from the California
Center for Military History
(CCMH) provided historical and ceremonial services to Camp San
Luis Obispo (CSLO) during the open house commemorating the 75th
anniversary of the “Home of the California National Guard”.
- MG
Dennis Kennely, Commander of the California Army National Guard
views displays.
SFC Sandy Peralta of the
CCMH HIstorical Support Detachment developed a historic driving
tour of the camp. The tour is now contained in a brochure and
is available to the public. The CSLO detachment also put together
a temporary museum featuring displays of historic uniforms, equipment,
unit, individual and camp pictures. The unit also sold coins,
tee shirts and pins to raise funds for the establishment of a
permanent CSLO museum.
- WO1
Mark Denger and former Adjutant General MG Robert Thrasher prepare
for a video oral history.
In addition CCMH soldiers
completed several oral histories of California National Guard,
including LTG (Ret) Herbert Temple, former Chief of the National
Guard Bureau; MG (Ret) Robert Thrasher, former Adjutant General;
and MG (Ret) Jim Delk, former commander of the 40th Infantry Division.
MAJ Ralph Ramirez and WO1 Mark Denger, both experienced oral historians,
completed the interviews, using state-of-the-art video equipment.
- Other CCMH soldiers conducted
historic tours of the Camp.
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- FIRE! The
CCMH's historical firing battery, representing Battery C, 144th
Field Artillery in 1939 uniforms provided an 11 gun salute honoring
the Camp during the dedication ceremony of four barracks honoring
the 40th Infantry Division's Medal of Honor recipients .
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (9/7/03)
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- California State Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
- Amador Rangers
- Mariposa
Mounted Riflemen
- National
Guard (Downieville)
- Nevada Rifles
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (9/1/03)
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- Californians and the Military
- Colonel Peter Julien
Ortiz: OSS Marine, Actor, Californian
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (8/17/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Castle Air Force
Base
- Edwards Air
Force Base
- Hammond
General Hospital
- Manzanar Army
Air Field
- Manzanar Relocation
Center
- Marysville
Army Air Field
- Marysville
Assembly Center
- Merced
Assembly Center
- Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Mendocino
- Marine
Corps Air Station, Mojave
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (8/10/03)
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- Heraldry and Insignia of the California
State Military Forces
- California Air National Guard
- 146th Aeromedical
Evacuation Squadron
- 196th Tactical
Fighter Squadron
- Awards and Decorations
- California Service
Medal
- California Naval History
- The U.S.S.
San Diego and the California Naval Militia
- A
Brief History of U.S. Coast Guard Operations in California
- Historic California Posts
- Clover Field
- Norton Air Force
Base
- Marine Corps
Air Station, Tustin
- Van Nuys
Air National Guard Base
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (7/27/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Marine Corps
Air Station, El Toro
- Lomita Flight Strip
- Long Beach
Army Air Field
- Naval
Air Station, Terminal Island
- Naval Station,
Long Beach
- Ontario Air
National Guard Station
- McCormack
General Hospital
- Pomona Ordnance
Depot
- California State Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
- Sarsfield
Grenadier Guards
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (7/7/03)
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- California and the Second World War
- Los Angeles Metropolitan
Area during World War II
- The Battle of
Los Angeles
- Historic California Posts
- War Eagle
Field
- Lemoore Army
Air Field
- Naval Air Station,
Lemoore
- Naval Auxuliary
Air Field (Lighter Than Air), Lompoc
- Los Angeles
Municipal Airport (Mines Field)
- Camp Santa
Anita
- Lockheed
Air Terminal
- Chino Airport
- Santa Ana Army
Air Base
- Grand
Central Air Terminal
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (6/15/03)
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- California and the Second World War
- The Japanese Balloon
Bomb Attack at Hayfork
- The Attack on
the SS Agwiworld
- The Attack on the
SS Emidio
- The Attack on the
SS Samoa
- The Attack
on the SS Larry Doheny
- The Attack on
the SS Dorothy Phillips
- The Attack on the
SS H.M. Storey
- The Attacks
on the SS Montebello and the SS Idaho
- The Attacks on the
SS Barbara Olson and SS Absoroka
- The Shelling of
Ellwood
- Historic California Posts
- Eagle Field
- Marine Corps
Air Station, El Centro
- Naval Air Facility,
Inyokern
- Naval Auxilary
Air Station, Holtville
- Naval Auxilary
Air Station, Salton Sea
- Naval
Auxilary Air Station (Lighter Than Air), Eureka
- Naval
Auxilary Air Station, Arcata
- Naval Auxilary
Air Station, Hollister
- Travis
Air Force Base
- Fresno
Ground Training Center
- Ryan
Airport
- Sierra
Army Depot
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (5/26/03)
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- California and the Second World War
- The Japanese Balloon
Bomb Attack at Alturas
- Historic California Posts
- Bishop Army Air
Field
- Blythe Army Air
Field
- Byron Hot
Springs
- Camp Clipper
- Daggett
Municipal Airport
- Desert
Center Army Air Field
- Gardner Field
- Camp Goffs
- Minter Field
- Needles Airport
- Palen Pass Maneuver
Area
- Camp Pilot
Knob
- Rice Army Air Field
- Camp Rice
- Thermal Army
Air Field
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (5/11/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Bakersfield
Municipal Airport
- Dewitt General
Hospital
- Yeager Creek
Crossing Camp
- Camp Yosemite
- Camp Young
- California State Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
- 49th Infantry
Division Order of Battle, 1953
- 49th Infantry
Division Order of Battle, 1960
- 49th Infantry
Division Order of Battle, 1966
- Heraldry and Insignia of the California
State Military Forces
- California Army National Guard
- 126th Medical
Battalion
- 161st Armored
Infantry Battalion
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- Historic
Building Burns at Camp Roberts: Sunday,
May 4, 2003: Camp Roberts lost a major historical building this
morning at 1 a.m. due to fire. The Post Service Club, located
next to the gym, burned to the ground with loss of many memories
and momentos of times passed. The building, built in 1940 as
a recreation hall for soldiers, is a terrible loss for all us
who felt Camp Roberts was more than just old and tired Army relic
of an installation. The cause is undetermined at this time.We
at the Camp Roberts Historical Museum view this loss with great
sorrow.
The building was a real treasure, giving the soldiers a place
to get away from it all, to get warm or to cool down. To meet
with friends, have a beer and pizza, play pool, watch TV, or
just read a book. This loss coupled with the loss of the pool
a few years ago, will make life a little harder for those who
serve our country at Camp Roberts. For more information call
the Post headquarters at 805-238-8308 M-F.
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (4/23/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Camp
Mineral King
- Camp Morena
- Camp Nome Lackee
- Camp on Eel River
- Camp San Ysidro
- Camp Santa Anita
- Camp Santa Barbara
- Camp Santa Catalina Island
- Camp Santa Isabel
- Camp Santa Ysabel
- Camp
Scholfield
- Camp
Seeley
- Camp
Sequoia National Park
- Camp
Sigel
- Camp
Soda Springs
- Camp
Stanford
- Camp
Stanislaus
- Camp
Steele
- Camp Strowbridge
- Camp Sugar Loaf
- Camp Sumner
- Camp Susan
- Camp Swasey
- Camp Tulare
- Camp Union
- Camp Vallecito
- Camp Waite
- Camp Walter R. Taliaferro
- Camp Whistler
- Camp Wright (San Francisco County)
- Camp Worth
- Fort Tejon
- Fort Ter-Waw
- Fort Vose
- Fort Weller
- Fort Wool
- Miller's Camp
- Sycamore Grove Camp
- Tecate
Post
- Trinidad Camp
- Warner's Ranch
Camp
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (4/13/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Camp San Jose
- San Luis Obispo
Post
- Camp San Miguel
- Camp San Pedro
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (4/13/03)
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- Historic California Posts
- Round Valley
Post
- Sacramento
Post
- Camp
at Fork of Salmon River
- Camp San
Bernardino
- Fort San
Bernardino
- Camp San Diego
- Presidio
de San Diego
- Camp
at San Filipe
- Camp
San Filipe
- Heraldry and Insignia of the California
State Military Forces
- 40th Quartermaster
Company
- California and the Civil War
- 2nd Regiment
of Cavalry, Massachussetts Volunteers (The California 100 and
the California Cavalry Battalion)
New
Book on California in the Civil War: Their
Horses Climbed Trees: The Chronicle of the California 100 and
Battalion from San Francisco to Appomattox by Larry Rogers and Keith Rogers. This is the latest
history of the California 100 and the California Cavalry Battalion
that served in the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. It is now available
on our online bookstore.
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (3/16/03)
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- Heraldry and Insignia of the California
State Military Forces
- California High School Cadets and the
California Cadet Corps
- 10th Battalion,
Roseville High School, Roseville, California
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- Lanceros
de Los Angeles
- Southern
Rifles
- National
Guard (San Jose)
- Union Guard
(Los Angeles)
- Sierra Rangers
- Volcano Guard
- Crusade
Rangers
- Mobile Guard
- San Luis Obispo
Guard
- Historic California
Posts
- Camp at
Pierson's Ranch
- Fort on Pine
Creek
- Fort Point
of Pines
- Camp Pollack
- Poole's Fort
- Rancho
del Chino Post
- Camp
Rancho Cucamonga
- Camp
at Red Bluff
- Camp
Redwood
- Reed's
Ranch Post
- Camp
Resting Springs
- Camp
Riley
- Spanish and Mexican California
- The Families
of the Presidio de San Diego
- Early California
- Colonel Richard
Barnes Mason's Report of the Discovery of Gold
- Californians and the
Military
- William Tecumseh
Sherman and Early California History
- William Tecumseh
Sherman and the Discovery of Gold
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (3/13/02)
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- Californians and the
Military
- Major General Joseph
"Fighting Joe" Hooker
- John Charles Frémont
an the Civil War
- The San Francisco Vigilance
Committees
- Sherman
and the San Francisco Vigilantes: Unpublished Letters of Major
General William Tecumseh Sherman, California Militia.
- The San Francisco
Vigilance Committees
- William T. Sherman
and the California Militia
- Historic California
Posts
- Camp Mackall
- Camp McQuaide
- Mare
Island Post
- Camp
at Martin's Ferry
- Camp
Mattole
- Camp
Merchant
- Camp Mettah
- Orleans
Bar Post
- Camp Otay
- Camp Pah-Ute
Spring
- Camp Palm City
- Camp at
Pardee's Ranch
- Camp Pindale
- Fort McDowell
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (3/2/02)
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- Californians and the
Military
- George Stoneman:
Civil War General and California Governor
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- New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (2/23/02)
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- Historic California
Posts
- Fort MacArthur
- Camp Miller
- Posts at Monterey
- Camp Merriam
- Camp Merritt
- Fort Monroe
- Fort
Montgomery
- Camp
Morris
- Camp
New Supply
- Newkirk's
Mill Post
- Camp
Olney
- Camp
in Onion Valley
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- Benham Guard
- Citizens of
Crescent City
- Constitution
Guard
- Eureka Blues
- First
Light Dragoons
- Jackson Guard
- Jefferson
Guard
- Monroe Guard
- Oroville
Guard
- Petaluma
Guard
- Sacramento
Cadets
- San Diego
Guard
- Scott River
Guard
- Stockton
Blues
- Union Guard
To Fly Beneath
the Waves: World War II Submarine Veterans Oral History Project: As
a tribute to those men who silently served our nation in submarines
during World War II, the California State Military Museum has
announced its plans to participate in an extensive oral history
project proposed by and being developed by the California Center
for Military History designed to capture the true-to-life experiences
of our nation's submarine veterans of World War II, entitled:
"To Fly Beneath The Waves" – The World War II Submarine
Veterans Oral History Project.
These unsung warriors fought
a secretive undersea war against Japan that was perhaps the most
decisive single factor in the collapse of the Japanese economy
and logistic support of the Japanese naval power. Yet, for over
fifty years, their remarkable story has remained virtually untold
–until now.
Motivated by the urgent
need to collect the stories and experiences of our nation's surviving
submarine veterans of World War II while they are still among
us, the California Center for Military History partnered with
Abbey Academy of Arts Incorporated, who unveiled their plans to
launch this multi-year, multi-phase digital video oral history
project.
Knowing that this and future
generations of Americans have much to learn from those veterans
who served their country during World War II, the California State
Military Museum embraced the World War II Submarine Veterans Oral
History Project.
To further facilitate the
project, the California Center for Military History has teamed
with the California Military History Educational Project and has
developed interview guidelines, survey questionnaires and a project
overview, complete with sample "Lesson Plans" and "Student
Worksheets", for use by teachers and students alike under
the programing of the California Military History Educational
Project.
This extensive oral history
program will capture the experiences of our nation's World War
II submarine veterans and then present their stories in such a
way as to educate and inspire the next generation of youth. Instead
of a dry historical perspective, through the use of the Internet,
combining the power to television, video and multimedia programing
with online interaction, we propose to present a visually stimulating
presentation that is both educational and entertaining in a contemporary
format that will reach out to our youth.
Typically, interviews span
only the period of World War II. However, interviews may include
discussions of various tours of duty during the course of a submariner's
career and can generally cover a wide range of topics and personalities.
These videos will be made available for research at the California
State Military Museum. Video interviews will ultimately be transcribed,
annotated and indexed –making available the recollections
of these unsung warriors for future generations.
For more information, visit
our web site at
http://www.oralhistoryproject.com or contact the Project Director, WO1 Mark J. Denger
at markdenger@calnavhis.com
New Web Pages
Added: The California
State Military Museum is proud to announce the addition of new
pages to its website. (01/26/02)
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- Californians and the
Military
- Eugene Burton Ely:
The California National Guard's First (Naval) Aviator
- Historic California
Posts
- Fresno Air
National Guard Base
- California State Militia
and National Guard Unit Histories
- 144th Fighter Wing
- 146th Airlift Wing
- 163d Air Refueling
Wing
- 196th Air Refueling
Squadron
- 250th Military Intelligence
Battalion
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