The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand and,
by the Native Americans involved, the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was
an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern
Cheyenne and Arapaho people against the 7th Cavalry and Regiment
of the U.S. Army. Lt. Col. Custer (above) and 210 cavalrymen were killed
in the one day battle which was the most famous action of the Great Sioux
War of 1876, also known as the Black Hills War. It was an overwhelming
victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho.

On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (above) signed into law the
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill of
Rights to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war. By the time the
original G.I. Bill ended in July 1956, 7.8 million World War II veterans had
participated in an education or training program and 2.4 million veterans
had home loans backed by the Veterans’ Administration (VA).

The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was a forerunner of todays
U.S. Air Force. Renamed from the  Air Service on 2 July 1926, it was part
of the U.S. Army. The Air Corps was renamed the United States Army Air
Forces by Congress on June 20,1941 and was active till September
17, 1947.

U.S. Army Air Forces Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
("Hap Arnold Emblem")

The United States Air Force Symbol today

The war began as the U.S. declared war against Great Britain. The conflict 
was over trade restrictions. The two countries ultimately signed the Treaty 
of Ghent on December 24, 1814. News of the peace treaty took two months
to reach the U.S.,during which fighting continued until February 18,1815.The 
war opened a long era of peaceful relations between the United States and  
the British Empire. 

“The Battle of New Orleans” on January 9, 1815 was the climatic battle
in the the War of 1812 and the early career of General Andrew Jackson,
depicted in the above painting.  

First issue of Yank 

Yank, the Army Weekly was a magazine published by the U.S. military during 
World War ll. The idea for the magazine came from Egbert White, who worked
on the Star sand Stripes during World War l. He proposed the idea to the Army
in 1942, and accepted a commission as Lieutenant Colonel. He was the overall commander, Major Franklin S. Forsberg was the business manager and Major
Hartzell Spence was the first editor of the magazine. The publication was written
by enlisted men only and was made available to the soldiers, sailors, and airmen
serving overseas. It was published at facilities around the world for a total of 21
editions in 17  countries. Yank was the most widely read magazine in the history
of the U.S. Military, achieving a worldwide circulation of more than 2.6 million. It
featured the G.I. Joe cartoons by Dave Breger and the Sad Sack cartoons by
Sgt. George Baker. The paper’s motto was “written by the men…for the men
in the service”

Marie McDonald was the Yank Pin-up Girl for Aug 25, 1944.