Alaska Veterans Museum

07/23/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmZXqs7--SU

The Battle of Attu remains one of the most significant yet often ov...

05/10/2026

A real story about a group of Marines mostly from support services in the USMC Reservist thrown into an ad hoc combat formation, so, prevalent in Iraq in the early years. This platoon paid a heavy price that US Marines have paid in places like Belleau Wood, Tarawa, Korea, Hue City and Iraq.

"I don't know how Watkins didn't die. Somebody blew him up and shot him at the same time — then he sat in the back of that 7-ton stuffing gauze into his own open-cavity wound."

Sergeant Randall Watkins flatlined on the operating table that night. But before that — lying in the rubble with shrapnel in his shoulder and two rounds stopped by his body armor — he emptied his magazine at the muzzle flashes around him, unable to reload, and waited for the enemy bullet that would end his life.

His story, and the men who fought to save him, is now live on Battlesight Zero.
https://bzohistory.com/ambush-in-haditha/

04/24/2026

Sing Along Fundraiser!!!

03/17/2026

The Ollen Hunt Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
Dates of Service: 1942-1963
Branch of Service: Army
Service Unit/Ship: E Company, 370th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division
Location of Service: Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky; Camp Huachuca, Arizona; Naples, Pisa, and Po Valley, Italy; European Theater
Highest Rank: E-6
Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/66975

https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.66975/
The Alaska Veterans Museum submitted over 100 of our veterans’ oral histories to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. They have been published and are available online at the Library of Congress site.

03/15/2026

The Howard J. Hunt Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
Dates of Service: 1942-1947
Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
Service Unit/Ship: 7th Ferrying Group, 2nd Ferrying Group; Air Transport Command
Location of Service: Great Falls, Montana; Wilmington, Delaware; Travis Air Force Base, California
Highest Rank: Captain
Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/128767

https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.128767/

The Alaska Veterans Museum submitted over 100 of our veterans’ oral histories to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. They have been published and are available online at the Library of Congress site.

03/13/2026

The Leo J. Hannan Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953
Dates of Service: 1951-1954
Branch of Service: Army
Service Unit/Ship: I Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment; 5th Regimental Combat Team; 106th Tank Battalion; 6th Infantry Division
Location of Service: Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Fort Ord, California; South Korea; Fort Lewis, Washington
Highest Rank: Sergeant First Class
Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/128676

https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.128676/

The Alaska Veterans Museum submitted over 100 of our veterans’ oral histories to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. They have been published and are available online at the Library of Congress site.

03/11/2026

The Roderick G. Bain Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service: Army
Service Unit/Ship: Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Battles & Campaigns: Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy Invasion); Battle of the Bulge; Bastogne; Operation Market Garden
Location of Service: Normandy, France; Belgium; Austria; European Theater
Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/128300

https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.128300/

The Alaska Veterans Museum submitted over 100 of our veterans’ oral histories to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. They have been published and are available online at the Library of Congress site.

03/09/2026

The Leo M. Thompsen Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
Dates of Service: 1942-1945
Branch of Service: Army
Service Unit/Ship: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Location of Service: Miami Beach, Florida; Chanute Field, Illinois; Dyersburg Army Air Base, Tennessee; Lexington, Kentucky; England; France; Belgium; Germany; Austria; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Highest Rank: Corporal
Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/129470

https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.129470/

The Alaska Veterans Museum submitted over 100 of our veterans’ oral histories to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. They have been published and are available online at the Library of Congress site.

03/07/2026

The Lee Dotson Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
Dates of Service: 1940-1945
Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
Service Unit/Ship: 8th Air Force
Location of Service: Camp Hulen, Texas; Greenville, Mississippi; Gowen Field, Idaho; Sioux City, Iowa; Nebraska; Tyndall Field, Florida; England; European Theater
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/128513

https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.128513/ -service_history

The Alaska Veterans Museum submitted over 100 of our veterans’ oral histories to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. They have been published and are available online at the Library of Congress site.

03/05/2026

The David M. Morse Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
Dates of Service: 1943-1946
Branch of Service: Army
Service Unit/Ship: 3rd Battalion, 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division
Location of Service: Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Camp San Luis Obispo, California; Camp Callan, California; Germany; European Theater; Japan; Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Highest Rank: Private First Class
Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/129028

https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.129028/

The Alaska Veterans Museum submitted over 100 of our veterans’ oral histories to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. They have been published and are available online at the Library of Congress site.