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Lost Sky: The Grounded Airmen of the Provisional Air Corps Regiment
Japanese Bombers loom over Corregidor In partnership with the Consortium of Indio Pacific Researchers, the New Mexico Military Museum, and additional support from Curator Frank Blazich, we are pleased to present:  Lost Sky: The Grounded Airmen of the Provisional Air Corps Regiment A lecture Series will be held Sunday December 7, 2025, at the New Mexico Military Museum. Doors open at 4PM with the lecture to follow at 4:30PM, refreshments will be provided. In partnership with
Laureta Huit
Dec 2
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The Journey Home Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Our Bataan Veterans
Join us for an evening of solemn remembrance and celebration, honoring the legacy and sacrifice of New Mexico’s Bataan POWs. We will share some first-hand accounts of their return home after years of captivity and share in a commemorative toast. Released POWs Late August 1945, courtesy of the National Archives  Let us gather to reflect, remember, and honor their final journey home.  "We must never forget the price they paid for freedom." September 2, 2025 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Laureta Huit
Aug 26
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Oppenheimer and the Gadget: New Mexico at the start of the Atomic Age
By Aaron Krebsbach Los Alamos Project Main Gate during the Manhattan Project. Los Alamos National Laboratory A re-creation of the historic security gate is at Main Gate Park today. National Park System On July 16, 1945, at 5:30 AM, the early morning sky of Socorro, New Mexico lit up as if it were the middle of the day. The Gadget, as it was called, had been detonated creating the first Nuclear Explosion in the history of man. Watching from a bunker, the man behind the test a
Laureta Huit
Jul 11
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188th, the Fall of Saigon, and Refugees Crisis
By: Aaron Krebsbach Three Servicemen  in Washington DC On March 8, 1965, US Marines landed at Da Nang and deployed to the Da Nang Air Base marking the start of the US ground war in Vietnam. As the war heated up, troop deployments increased and by April 1969, over 543,400 troops were deployed in Vietnam. More than 57,000 New Mexicans served over the course of the war, with 398 giving the last full measure. 12 of them are still listed as Missing in Action (MIA), according to D
Laureta Huit
Apr 22
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