To the most astute observer, the 620th Engineer General Service Company may have appeared a bit odd. From afar, they appeared like any other Army unit. But they didn’t wear the right color fatigues. Instead, they wore the obsolete pre-war blue denim fatigue uniform. A uniform that was also wornRead More →
Gathering at the Stratobowl once again, the U.S. Army Corps and National Geographic Society were preparing for a second Explorer expedition. It would be the first of two that were scheduled to occur during the summer of 1935; one set for July, the other for August. In the February issueRead More →
On June 27, 1934, one hundred and twenty members of the Forth Calvary, from Fort Meade, gathered at the Stratobowl in the Black Hills National Forest. There they would witness the beginning of the space age, and the first of more than a dozen balloons that would be sent towardsRead More →
On August 17, 1880, companies A, D, H and K of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, compromised of black soldiers who would be remembered as buffalo soldiers, marched into Fort Meade. It was a welcomed relocation, as the fort was well planned, and the buildings were relatively new, with the post havingRead More →