Apr 28, 2023 | Artifact - WW II
Attached to the US Army Air Forces, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was a women’s pilot organization during World War II. Members of the WASP were the first women to fly American military aircraft. The female pilots flew noncombat stateside missions,...
Apr 28, 2023 | Artifact - WW II
Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service of the US Army were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to honor their military service during World War II. These units were comprised of Nisei, or...
Apr 28, 2023 | Artifact - WW II
World War II Victory Medals were awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces who served between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946. Sergeant James T. Vinzant (1920-2016), of Laurel, Mississippi, received this World War II Victory Medal for his service...
Apr 28, 2023 | Artifact - Interwar Period
From August 1-14, 1938, soldiers from Mississippi and the Southeast participated in the 3rd Army War Maneuvers. Commonly referred to as the Mississippi Maneuvers, these war training exercises took place in the De Soto National Forest, between Hattiesburg and Gulfport,...
Mar 31, 2023 | Artifact - Halls of Honor, Artifact - Korean War
Mack Alvin Jordan (1928-1951), of Collins, Mississippi, was inducted into the United States Army in January 1951. By June, he was sent with the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division for combat in the Korean War. Private First Class Jordan was serving as a...
