Challenge Coins History

by superadmin | May 15, 2021 | challenge coins, history, Memorial Day, Military, navy, Sailor, Soldier, Submariner, Vertan, WWI, wwii

USS Bowfin Challenge Coins Today, we’ll explore the history of military challenge coins, examine their possible origins and where to purchase your very own USS Bowfin “Pearl Harbor Avenger” Coin. Purchase your USS Bowfin Challenge Coin at...

#BugsBunnyDay & WWII

by superadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | #BOWFINandBEYOND, bugs bunny day, history, War Bonds, wwii

Still frame of Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in Any Bonds Today? (1942), a Warner Bros. cartoon produced with the United States Treasury Department to promote the purchase of war bondsAt the time of WWII, American’s could not escape the global grasp of war...

Adm. Nimitz and WWII

by superadmin | Mar 17, 2021 | Adm. Nimitz, distance learning, education, history, pearl harbor, wwii

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN Oil on canvas by Adrian Lamb, 1960.Adm. Nimitz played a major role in the naval history of WWII holding the title of both Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas as well as the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. During his...

Yalta and The Big Three

by superadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | History Yalta Conference #BOWFINandBEYOND, wwii

Yalta Conference: Churchill, Roosevelt, StalinThe Yalta Conference was held February 4–11, 1945. It was code-named “Argonaut” to conceal the fact that the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union were assembling to discuss the postwar...

Smokey Bear and WWII

by superadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | #BOWFINandBEYOND, distance learning, Fire prevetion, history, smokey bear, wwii

1989; Smokey Bear poster showing a half body image of Smokey pointing at the audience with one hand while holding a shovel in the other hand. Poster reads “Only You”. This work is maintained in the National Agricultural Library, in Beltsville, MD.“Remember...

Hidden History: Letters from Mother’s of Trout Crew

by superadmin | Oct 11, 2020 | Artifacts, Bowfin Submarine Museum, pearl harbor, USS Trout, wwii

Letter addressed to and from Charlotte Brownlow Brownlow was one of the older and more experienced sailors aboard USS Trout. The average age of a WWII submarine skipper was only 32More than a few enlisted men lied about their age to join the Navy, and some were...