Archive of Arkansas Military History Journals

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   Vol. 17 No. 2 – November 2023

  • Exploring Col. Grover C. Graham’s Scrapbook, Commander of Camp Robinson 1942-1943
  • About Camp Robinson Visitor, Joe Louis, by Jah Whyte 
  • The Story of Dr. Wassell, and Camp Robinson’s visit from Cecil B. DeMille by Will Reaves
  • Two of America’s greatest boxers visit Camp Robinson by LTC (Ret) Brian Mason
  • Featured Artifact: Simplex E-7 Movie Projector

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   Vol. 17 No. 1 – May 2023

  • African American Pioneers Sharing Their Story
    • CW4 Gregory Settles
    • Colonel Burthel Thomas
    • Major Magnolia Winkler
    • Colonel Nathaniel McGee
    • Timeline
    • Photo Collage

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Vol. 16 No. 2 – Summer 2022

  • War’s Most Influential Logistician Visits Camp Robinson, by Lt. Col. (Ret) Brian L. Mason
  • Camp Pike Sale Pictorial
  • Life in Alaska ‘Not so Foreign
  • Featured Display: ARNG in Alaska WWII

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Vol. 16 No. 1 – Winter 2022

  • “Should the People Assemble in Their Own Defense?” Militia and Volunteer United in the Little Rock Arsenal Crisis, by David Sesser, MLIS, EdD
  • Featured Artifact: Thompson Submachine Gun, Model of 1928A1
  • Photo from the Archives

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Vol. 15 No. 2 – Summer 2021

  • Arkansas Air National Guard USS Pueblo Activation 1968, by Chief Master Sergeant (Ret) Richard Green
  • Featured Artifact: Model 1902/1904/1905 Field Gun, by LTC Matthew W. Anderson
  • Photo from the Archives

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Vol. 15 No. 1 – Winter 2021

  • Memorandum of MG Ryan, Executive Summary, Desert Shield/Storm AAR’s
  • 217th Maintenance Battalion Lessons Learned Desert Shield/Storm
  • Memorandum of Commander, VII Corps Artillery, Short Story for the Secretary of Defense
  • Five Days, by BG (Ret) Keith A. Klemmer
  • Featured Artifact: U.S. Caliber .45 ACP, Model of 1911 and 1911A1, by LTC Matthew W. Anderson

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Vol. 14 No. 2 – Summer 2020

  • Medal of Honor Recipients from Camp Robinson, by Emily McGee
  • Camp Pike and the Preparation for War Excerpt from ’To Carry Forward the Training Program’: Camp Pike in the Great War and the Legacy of the Post,” in The War at Home: Perspectives on the Arkansas Experience During World War I, Mark K. Christ, by Dr. Raymond D. Screws
  • Pictorial Article: Comics, Drawings & Articles by and about Sgt. Homer Provence

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Vol. 14 No. 1 – Winter 2020

  • In the Grippe of Influenza: Arkansas and the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918, by Lauren Jarvis, Arkansas State Archives
  • The Pandemic of 1918 Timeline, by LTC Matthew W. Anderson
  • Featured Artificat: U.S. Model 1917 Helmet, by LTC Matthew W. Anderson

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Vol. 13 No. 2 – Summer 2019

  • Taylor v. Jones, The Untold History…Then & Now, by Krystle F. Browning, Major
  • Featured Artificat: The U.S. Browning Automatic Rifle, Caliber .30, Model 1918, by LTC Matthew W. Anderson

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Vol. 13 No. 1 – Winter 2019

  • Belmont Boom: The Rise and Fall of Little Rock’s WWII Coney Island, by Laura Whitehead
  • Pictorial of German POWs at Camp Robinson during WWII
  • Photo Collage Weapons Artifact Conservation Lab, by LTC Matthew W. Anderson

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Vol. 12 No. 2 – Spring 2018

  • Elizabeth Eckford Reminisces About Her Experience at Central High 1957 Black History Observation 2018, Hosted by the Arkansas National Guard and Professional Education Center, Transcript from Elizabeth Eckford’s Speech
  • Mexican Border Expedition, Photo Collage of Company K. 1st Arkansas Infantry
  • Featured Artifact: United States Rifle Caliber .30, Model of 1917 21, by LTC Matthew W. Anderson

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Vol. 12 No. 1 – Winter 2018

  • 217th Maintenance Battalion Direct Support/General Support Operation Desert Shield/Storm, by LTC Richard E. Haley (Originally Published in Spring 1994 Journal)
  • The 154th Observation Squadron in North Africa, From Materials Contributed, by MSgt Paul E. Schlaf (Originally Published in Fall 1992 Journal)
  • Recollections of the 936th Field Artillery, by Arthur Stamm Originally Published in Winter 1992 Journal Air Guard Mobilized in Pueblo Incident, Adapted by SSG Nathan L. Barlow (Originally Published in Spring 1994 Journal)
  • History of the Bowie Knife, by SGT Mike Jeu (Originally Published in Fall 1993 Journal)

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Vol. 11 No. 4 – Fall 2017

  • The Arkansas Militia in the Civil War, by COL Damon Cluck
  • The Impact of World War II on the State of Arkansas, by Hannah McConnell
  • Featured Artifact: 155 mm C, Model of 1917 Schneider, by LTC Matthew W. Anderson

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Vol. 11 No. 3 – Summer 2017

  • The Arkansas National Guard in World War I, by COL Damon Cluck
  • The World War I History of the 154th Aero Service Squadron, United States Army Air Service, 1917-1919, by MSgt Phillip D. Parish
  • How the 154th Aero Squadron’s History was Linked with the Heritage of the Arkansas National Guard’s 154th Observation Squadron, by MSgt Phillip D. Parish
  • Camp Zebulon Pike Construction, World War I
  • Scenes from Camp Pike during the Great War
  • Post Cards from Camp Pike, ARK
  • Featured Artifact: United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903, by LTC Matthew W. Anderson

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Vol. 11 No. 2 – Spring 2017

  • The Arkansas National Guard Prior to WWI and the Mexican Border, 1898-1917, by COL Damon Cluck
  • Featured Artifact: Lewis Machine Gun Caliber .30, Model of 1917, by MAJ Matthew W. Anderson
  • Herbert “Hub” Willis Interview World War I Veteran from Stone County, Arkansas
  • Issue Sidearm of the U.S. Army of World War I, by Sgt. Michael Jeu
  • Camp Pike Room Grand Opening Announcement

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Vol. 11 No. 1 – Winter 2017

  • Arkansas Militia and the Mexican American War, by COL Damon Cluck
  • Featured Artifact: Model of 1819 Hall Beech Loading Rifle, by MAJ Matthew W. Anderson
  • Arkansas Military Historian Essay Competition

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Vol. 10 No. 4 – Fall 2016

  • Arkansas Military Historian Essay Competition
  • Arkansas Territorial Militia, Compiled by COL Damon Cluck
  • Featured Artifact: Model of 1816 Musket

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Vol. 10 No. 3 – Summer 2016

  • Arkansas’ Big Guns in the Gulf (Originally Published in the Arkansas Military Journal Winter 1992 Edition)
  • 100 Hours with Light TACFIRE, by CPT Richard Needham and MAJ Russell Graves 142d FA Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard
  • 148th EVAC (Stories Originally Published in the “148th Evacuation Hospital Desert Storm Story”)
  • Arkansas Units Mobilized for Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Compiled by SSG Nathan Barlow
  • Welcoming Home Our Arkansas Soldiers and Airmen
  • Featured Artifact: Howitzer Self-Propelled, M110A2, by MAJ Matthew W. Anderson
  • Featured Photograph

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Vol. 10 No. 2 – Spring 2016

  • Trail Blazing a Path for the Future of Black Soldiers
  • The 153rd Infantry Regiment and 206th Coast Artillery Regiment of the Arkansas National Guard through WWII, Compiled by COL Damon Cluck
  • Lineage and Honor: What Is It and Why Should We Care?, by MAJ Anthony Rushing, Command Historian
  • Featured Artifact: ¼ Ton, 4×4, Truck “Jeep”, by MAJ Matthew Anderson
  • Featured Photograph

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Vol. 10 No. 1 – Winter 2016

  • The Battle of Brownsville, by LTC Clement J. Papineau, Jr.
  • Historical Federal Property in the Arkansas Army National Guard, by Major Matthew Anderson
  • Featured Artifact: US Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 Garand, by Major Matthew Anderson
  • Featured Photograph

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​Vol. 9 No. 1 – Summer 2001

  • A Rookie in Robinson, by Pvt. Ned Eller
  • World War II Training at Camp Robinson, An Account of Samuel Lombardo
  • The Arkansas Maneuvers, 1941, by B. Franklin Cooling III
  • Melchior M. Eberts
  • A Soldier Speaks (Letter from a Camp Pike soldier & a WWII CJTR veteran’s Q & A)
  • Guarding the Peace — The Arkansas National Guard at Central High School

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Vol. 8 No. 1 – Summer 2000

  • Reminiscences of John Perry
  • The Making of A Soldier at Camp Pike
  • Response to the Questionnaire
  • Nelson Reed
  • Eugene Allen Parker, JR
  • Battery F, 206th Coast Artillery
  • Samuel T. Smith
  • Company F 153rd Infantry
  • Heinz Wagner A German Prisoner of War
  • Held at Camp Robinson during WWII

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Vol. 7 No. 1 – Summer 1999

  • A Brief History – The Medal of Honor
  • Arkansas Medal of Honor Recipients, Compiled by SSG Nathan Barlow
  • “We Come Here to Fight Sir!” The Arkansas Regiment of Mounted Volunteers in the Mexican War, by Travis Cumming
  • Infantry Basic Training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, Arkansas During World War Two

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Vol. 6 No. 4 – Winter 1998

  • First Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Historical and Biological
  • Thirty-Ninth Arkansas Infantry
  • History of the 153rd Arkansas National Guard
  • The Arkansas National Guard Yearbook 1925-1926
  • Scenes from Camp Robinson 1940’s

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Vol. 6 No. 3 – Spring 1998

  • Backing the Attack: Black Arkansas’ Fight Against Germany, Japan and Jim Crow
  • Medal of Honor Winners – William Evans, Pompey Factor and John Ward
  • The Forgotten Story of Little Rock
  • Soldiers Killed in World War I – Colored

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Vol. 6 No. 2 – Winter 1997

  • The Battle of Buena Vista Mexico 1847
  • The Arkansas Military Institute: The West Point of Arkansas
  • General Patrick R. Cleburne: The Stonewall Jackson of the West
  • Medal of Honor Recipient: Major Oscar F. Miller WWI
  • An American Tragedy: Arkansas’s Internment Camps
  • M.A. A History of the Arkansas Military Academy

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Vol. 6 No. 1 – Fall 1997

  • Arkansas National Guard in the Post War Period 1919-1938
  • 176th Public Affairs Det. Unit History, by CPT G. Keith Dover, PAO, 39th Infantry Brigade

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Vol. 5 No. 4 – Summer 1997

  • Arkansas National Guard in World War I

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Vol. 5 No. 3 – Spring 1997

  • National Guard Association of Arkansas Past Presidents

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Vol. 5 No. 2 – Winter 1996

  • Arkansas Militia Pre-World War I 1874-1916

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Vol. 5 No. 1 – Fall 1996

  • Arkansas Militia Brooks – Baxter War Volume II 1872-1874

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Vol. 4 No. 4 – Summer 1996

  • Arkansas Militia Post Civil War Volume I 1866-1875

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Vol. 4 No. 3 – Spring 1996

  • 148th Evacuation Hospital Desert Storm Story

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Vol. 4 No. 2 – Winter 1995

  • Arkansas Militia in the Mexican War 1846-1947

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Vol. 4 No. 1 – Fall 1995

  • Arkansas Militia 1860-1865 The Civil War Volume II

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Vol. 3 No. 4 – Summer 1995

  • Arkansas Militia 1860-1865 The Civil War Volume I

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Vol. 3 No. 3 – Spring 1995

  • Arkansas Militia 1836-1860

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Vol. 3 No. 2 – Winter 1994

  • Arkansas Militia 1804-1836

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Vol. 3 No. 1 – Fall 1994

  • Camp Robinson During WWII

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Vol. 2 No. 4 – Summer 1994

  • The Seminole War
  • Private William Henry Boyer
  • The Battle of Prairie Grove
  • Colonel Ferdinand Havis
  • S. M-1 Carbine
  • Arkansas National Guard Units Mobilized for World War II
  • Arkansas Medal of Honor Winners
  • Arkansas Units Mobilized for Operation Desert Shield/Storm

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Vol. 2 No. 3A – Spring 1994

  • Major General Thomas James Churchhill
  • The Battle of Prairie Grove
  • Brigadier General Elgan Clayton Robertson
  • Medal of Honor Winner, Jack Williams, World War II
  • The Pueblo Incident
  • 217th Maintenance Battalion
  • 1-233d Air Defense Artillery
  • 1-233d ADA Distinctive Insignia
  • The Army Regimental System

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Vol. 2 No. 3 – Winter 1993

  • Colonel Archibald Yell
  • Brigadier General Albert Pike
  • The Battle of Little Rock
  • The Arkansas Guard During WWI
  • Camp Pike Stockade Revisited
  • Medal of Honor Winner, Gilbert G. Collier
  • Brief History of the 153rd Infantry
  • 153rd Infantry Distinctive Insignia
  • The Mauser Automatic Pistol
  • Arkansas Goes Trucking in the Persian Gulf War
  • Governors and Adjutants General of Arkansas
  • 119th Personnel Services Company

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Vol. 2 No. 1 – Fall 1993

  • The Role of Arkansas Post in the American Revolution
  • The History of the Bowie Knife
  • Indian Encounters – 1857
  • Arkansas Civil War Battle Sites
  • WWI- The Making of a Soldier
  • Prisoners Make a Daring Escape – 1920
  • WWII – 936th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Vietnam Medal of Honor Winner, SSG Nicky Bacon
  • Desert Storm – 100 Hours of Tacfire 142nd Field Artillery Brigade

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Vol. 1 No. 4 – Summer 1993

  • The Role of the Arkansas National Guard in Our Nation’s Defense
  • Chief Master Sergeant Dick Red
  • The 39th Division Struggles in Vain for a World War I Patch
  • A Pandemonium of Torture and Despair, the Capture of St. Charles
  • The Lindsay Double Musket
  • Grider Field Operations

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Vol. 1 No. 3 – Spring 1993

  • The Battle of Mount Elba
  • WWII POWs in Arkansas
  • Dutch Harbor Revisited
  • History of Fort Roots
  • Life in Alaska “Not So Foreign”
  • COL Lloyd L. Burke
  • Arkansas Military Insignia
    • 154th Tactical Airlift Squadron
    • 189th Tactical Airlift Squadron

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Vol. 1 No. 2 – Winter 1992

  • The Battle of Pea Ridge 6-8 March 1862
  • Recollections of the 936th Field Artillery
  • Issue Sidearms of the U.S. Army of World War I
  • Arkansas’ Big Guns in the Gulf
  • LT Maurice “Footsie” Britt
  • Arkansas Military Insignia

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Vol. 1 No. 1 – Fall 1992

  • 142nd Field Artillery: The Early Years
  • 154th Observation Squadron in North Africa
  • S. Springfield Rifle, Model 1903
  • 25th RAOC Weathers in Storm
  • Camp Joseph T. Robinson
  • CPT Paul Richard Blew
  • Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: 39th INF BDE

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