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Operations

Unique bedsheet in Navy’s collection tells a sto...

In August of 2020, Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) was offered a rather unique and spectacular...

Heroism at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001

Twenty years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, news networks shared live reporting as terrorists launched a series of...

Captain Donnie Cochran: From Farm Boy to Blue An...

Captain Donnie Cochran was inspired to become a Navy pilot by the military planes flying over his family's...

NHHC Archaeology by Land and By Sea (and Now by ...

Naval History and Heritage Command's Underwater Archaeology Branch (UA) collaborated with NAVAIR UX-24 last...

Tag: Vietnam War Exhibit

Nov. 6, 2019

Naval Museum Opens New Immersive Vietnam Exhibit

Visitors walking towards battleship Wisconsin spent the 2019 summer passing the closed gallery of