National Guard Heritage Series

Heritage Series

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The First Muster -- Salem, Massachusetts -- 1637
'...Twenty Brave Men' -- Hampshire County, West Virginia -- Spring 1756
Stand Your Ground -- Lexington, Massachusetts -- April 19, 1775
The Shot Heard 'Round the World -- April 19, 1775
Bunker Hill -- Boston, Massachusetts -- June 17, 1775
The Battle of Long Island -- Brooklyn, New York -- August 27, 1776
The Battle of Bennington -- Rensselaer County, New York -- August 17, 1777
The Battle of Cowpens -- The Cowpens, South Carolina -- January 17, 1781
'...To Execute the Laws of the Union...', The Whiskey Rebellion -- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania -- October 3, 1794
'Remember the River Raisin' -- Moraviantown, Upper Canada -- October 5, 1813
Battle of North Point -- North Point, Maryland -- September 12, 1814
Lafayette and the National Guard -- New York City, New York -- July 14, 1825
The Macon Volunteers -- Citrus County, Florida -- April 1836
The Mississippi Rifles -- Buena Vista, Mexico -- February 23, 1847
The Fourth Alabama -- Manassas, Virginia -- July 21, 1861
'Plenty of Fighting Today', The 9th Illinois at Shiloh -- Shiloh, Tennessee -- April 1862
The First Minnesota -- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -- July 2, 1863
The Twentieth Maine -- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -- July 2, 1863
The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground -- Fort Wagner, South Carolina -- July 18, 1863
'Shoot and Be Damned!' -- Fort Gregg, Virginia -- April 2, 1865
The Battle of Prairie Dog Creek -- Western Kansas -- August 21, 1867
The Rough Riders -- Kettle Hill, Santiago, Cuba -- July 1, 1898
The Utah Light Artillery -- August 13, 1898, Manila, Philippine Islands
Soldiers in the Sun -- San Isidro, Luzon, Phillipine Islands -- May 6, 1899
On the Border -- Arizona -- August 1916
Trail-Blazers in the Sky -- Mineola, New York -- November 19, 1916
Men of Iron -- Couthiezy, France -- July 15, 1918
Truman's Battery -- Western Front, France -- September 26, 1918
'Hell Fighters' from Harlem -- Sechault, France -- September 29, 1918
The Highest Possible Courage -- Binarville, France -- October 6, 1918
Two Down to Glory -- Western Front, France -- October 22, 1918
'Goodbye Dear, I'll Be Back in a Year...' -- Blackwell, Oklahoma -- September 23, 1940
At a Roadblock on the Road to Bataan -- Luzon, Philippine Islands -- December 26, 1941
Defense of the Aleutians -- Dutch Harbor, Alaska -- June 3, 1942
Red Arrow at War, The 32nd Infantry Division at Buna -- Papua, New Guinea -- December 1942
Fire over Ploesti -- Ploesti, Romania -- August 1, 1943
Tip of the Avalanche -- Salerno, Italy, September 9, 1943
The Red Bull in the Winter Line -- Pantano, Italy -- November 29 - December 3, 1943
Mission Over Normandy -- Normandy, France -- May 1944
First Wave at Omaha: The Ordeal of the Blue and Gray -- Omaha Beach, D-Day -- June 6, 1944
Jungleers on Biak -- Schouten Islands, Dutch New Guinea -- June 16, 1944
'From Cornrow to Hedgerow', the 134th Infantry at St. Lo -- Normandy, France -- July 15, 1944
The Battle of Mortain -- France -- August 7-12, 1944
Lightning at Bourheim -- Bourheim, Germany, November 26, 1944
'...Manila Would Do...' -- Manilla, Philippine Islands -- February 9, 1945
'Cuidado', Take Care, Bushmaster with Bolo! Bicol Campaign -- Luzon, Philippine Islands -- April 3 and 4, 1945
The Borinqueneers -- South Korea -- February 2, 1951
Cowboy Artillery at Soyang -- Hongchon, South Korea -- May 18, 1951
Mission from Taegu -- Taegu Air Base, Republic of Korea -- December 1951
Air Guard in MIG Alley -- MIG Alley, North Korea -- June 26, 1951
The Sunshine Division in Korea -- Kumwha Valley, Republic of Korea -- Spring 1952
Runway Alert: Foundation of the Total Force -- Syracuse, New York -- March 1, 1953
Watch over the Rhine -- Germany -- 1961-1962
Live Fire at Kahuku -- Kahuku Guided Missile Range, Oahu, Hawaii -- 1966
Scramble at Phan Rang -- South Vietnam -- May 1968
Guardians of the North -- Alaska -- 1968
Indiana Rangers: The Army Guard in Vietnam -- South Vietnam -- 1969
Operation Commando Buzz -- Korat, Thailand -- 1970
Creek Party -- Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany -- April 1967-April 1977
Atlantic Ocean Rescue -- Off the Coast of Long Island -- December 27, 1979
Guarding America's Skies -- Off the Coast of Florida -- 1986
Tankers at Jeddah -- Jeddah, Saudia Arabia -- January 17, 1991
'High Rollers' over Kuwait -- Kuwait -- January 27, 1991
Swamp Foxes -- February 5, 1991
'Steel Rain: The Army National Guard in Desert Storm' -- Saudi Arabia -- February 1991
Capital Guardians in the Storm -- March 1991
Coronet Oak -- Howard Air Force Base, Panama, January 1998
The Killer Bees -- Kosovo, Yugoslavia, May 1999
9-11 -- September 11 2001
The Battle of Takur Ghar -- March 4, 2002