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

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

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

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

By Curator Aaron Krebsbach In late October, early November of last year, I had the opportunity to meet and speak with a family member of the 200th. They had come in to update us on the story of their family from a past display we had had in our hallway to our gallery. They spoke with me about a man from Portales who was in the 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) at the Philippines, survived the Death March, and had died at Cabanatuan. They updated us with an incredible sto

Opening Reception: April 9, 2025 at 9am Location: The Bataan Building 407 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501 Featuring an exhibition discussion by Curator Aaron Krebsbach at the New Mexico Military Museum on April 9, 2025 at 1PM Photo of Vernon in his Aggies Football Uniform Courtesy of PFC Thomas Vernon “Louie” Long’s Family This year marks the 83rd Commemoration of the forced surrender and fall of Bataan, as well as the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bataan’s Veterans

Written By Jacob Mata The Battle of Okinawa was one of the showdowns before the United States would find itself on the Japanese mainland. The 82-day battle on Okinawa itself lasted from April 1, 1945, until June 22, 1945. On April 1st, 1945, more than 60,000 soldiers and marines landed ashore on the beaches of Okinawa. The landings that morning went relatively unopposed as the Japanese refused to fight on the beaches. The Japanese wanted to make the U.S casualties as high as

On Display, Curated by Laureta Huit Avery Cox displays a portion of the Japanese flag, and the American flag he Guarded in captivity This year 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of our Bataan Prisoners of War. This exhibition reflects on their final year of internment. We honor their freedom by commemorating significant events throughout the year.  We are highlighting the rescues, raids, escapes, and narratives that ultimately secured their freedom through va

On Display Now, Curated by Aaron Krebsbach American soldiers in a trench near Douamont, France, ca November 1918. World War I Museum Database, Object No. 2005 . 74.37.116 On January 16, 1917, German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Arthur Zimmermann sent a coded message to the German Consulate in Mexico to give the Mexican Government and Mexican President Venustiano Carranza, offering the return of the territory lost in the Mexican-American War if Mexico entered the First World

Fukuoka Prison Camp #17 Entrance with Clandestine American Flag The New Mexico Military Museum is proud to present “Flags of Freedom:   Honoring the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Our Bataan Prisoners of War.” Opening Reception: January 30, 2025, at 5 P.M. Featuring an exhibition discussion by Author Hampton Sides and Museum Director Laureta Huit. The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of our Bataan Veterans. We will honor their freedom by commemor

Collaborative Exhibition Coming Spring 2025 The Consortium of Indio-Pacific Researchers and the New Mexico Military Museum are teaming up to tell the story of the 1st Provisional Air Corps Regiment (PACR). The 27th Bombardment Group, a subsidiary to the Far East Air Force were initially equipped with A-24 Banshee aircraft; the group was deployed to the Philippines in late 1941. However, upon arrival, their aircraft were diverted elsewhere, leaving the group without planes w

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, remains one of the most significant and brutal engagements of World War II. Fought from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945, in the dense forests of the Ardennes in Belgium and Luxembourg, it marked Nazi Germany's last-ditch attempt to slow the Allied advance toward the heart of the Third Reich. The battle pitted the German Army's desperate offensive against a combined force of American, British, and other Alli

exploration of the photography archive of David Scheinbaum Now on View, Opening June 6, 2024 Artist Talk and Walk-Through June 8, 2024, at 3:30PM We are presenting our new exhibition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, allied invasion of Normandy, operation OVER LORD, its code name was Neptune, and now we refer to it as D-day.  This exhibit also commemorates the 30th anniversary of Louis Scheinbaum’s return to the towns he liberated those so many years

Date: December 3, 2021 Time: Doors open at 5:30 pm. Program to start at 6:00 pm. Location: 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505 Cost:...

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The New Mexico Military Museum Foundation, Inc., will be hosting an event at the museum as a fundraising opportunity. Mr. Roy Eichhorn, a...

via Team Rubicon On Sunday, April 11, 2021, at 7:00 am, 10 Members of Santa Fe Search and Rescue, Team Rubicon, veterans, and civilians,...

The annual Civil War Encampment at Pecos National Historical Park will take place virtually this year! From Monday, March 22nd to