U.S. Army Signal Corps — Bunk History

Painting of a valley with storm clouds

Storm Patrol

Life as a Signal Corps weatherman was dangerous: besides inclement weather, they faced labor riots, conflicts with Native Americans, yellow fever outbreaks, fires, and more.

by Alyson Foster via Humanities on October 11, 2023

US Signal Station on the trail to Pike’s Peak.

Civil War Weather

The U.S. Army's contributions to meteorology.

by Cecily Nelson Zander via Emerging Civil War on February 28, 2023

Soldiers inspecting damaged helmets in a scene from John Huston's 1945 film "The Battle of San Pietro."

The War Documentary That Never Was

John Huston's 1945 movie The Battle of San Pietro presents itself as a war documentary, but contains staged scenes. What should we make of it?

by Kristin Hunt via JSTOR Daily on December 5, 2019

Black and white photo of a woman's face from the nose down

The True Stories of the Women on the Front Lines of America’s Fledgling Intelligence Services

Adelaide Hawkins was on the forefront of an American experiment that would later be called central intelligence.

by Nathalia Holt via Literary Hub on September 15, 2022

Members of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps pose on Minerva Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park in 1896. From Montana Historical Society.

The Black Buffalo Soldiers Who Biked Across the American West

In 1897, the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps embarked on a 1,900-mile journey from Montana to Missouri.

by David Kindy via Smithsonian on June 14, 2022

The Eclipse of 1878 Almost Killed the Father of the National Weather Service

Eclipse madness is real.

by Eric Grundhauser via Atlas Obscura on August 4, 2017

A depiction of the female reproduction system in an early sex ed film.

Slut-Shaming, Eugenics, and Donald Duck

The scandalous history of sex-ed movies.

by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on December 12, 2014

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