Montana Yesterday

admin | December 6, 2011

Charles Dowd joined the U.S. Navy in January 1941, shortly after he turned 17. But he didn’t do it to fight in a war. “Never thought of it,” said Dowd when Missoulian photographer Michael Gallacher and I sat down with him Tuesday at his home in Anaconda. Dowd, a Pearl Harbor survivor, comes to Missoula [...]

Category: 1940s, Aviation, Commemorations, Historic presentation, history milestones, War, World War II | 1 Comment »
Tags: 1941, Anaconda, Artie Shaw, Bennie Goodman, Fort Missoula, Glenn Miller, Manchuria, Montana, Pearl Harbor, Rape of Nanking, Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, War in the Pacific, World War II

admin | February 16, 2010

Great news! The 2011 Montana history conference will be held in Missoula, Sept. 22-24, 2011. This is the annual conference sponsored by the Montana Historical Society and this year, co-sponsored by the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula and the University of Montana. The tentative theme will focus on war and peace, acknowledging 2011 as the [...]

Category: Historic presentation, Missoula history, War, World War II | No Comments »
Tags: 2011 Montana history conference, Fort Missoula, Fort Missoula Alien Detention Camp, World War II

admin | November 7, 2009

If you get the chance, drop into the Veterans Day weekend program Sunday at the Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History at Fort Missoula. The program at Building T-316 starts at 2 p.m. and there’s no charge. This year’s program is a tribute to American POWs, and few have stories to rival that of WWII [...]

Category: 1940s, Historic presentation, Missoula history, War, World War II | 3 Comments »
Tags: American POW, Bataan, Corregidor, Missoula, Richard Peschel, Tokyo, World War II