THE BLUF

This blog is about rediscovering the forgotten and overlooked combat stories in After Action Reports and other materials scattered across military archives and in the reminiscences of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines.

THE BLOGGER

Steven Hardesty. 2/17 Field Artillery, Republic of Vietnam, 1968-69. Military historian. War novelist (you can check out my work on the War Novels page). Blogs on books and his search for the perfect pizza at www.stevenhardesty.com.

NOTE ON SOURCES

Sources cited on this website are public domain documents. Any use of non-attributed copyrighted material is accidental. Any such material will be promptly removed upon notification from the copyright holder.

MAJOR RESOURCES

Air Force Historical Research Agency

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Combined Arms Research Library

Library of Congress

Maneuver Center of Excellence Libraries

National Museum of the U. S. Air Force

Naval History and Heritage Command

The Heritage of the Great War

U.S. Army Center of Military History

U.S. Coast Guard History

Veterans History Project