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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Anthropic lawsuit is a pain. My claim is missing two of my dad’s three books that Anthropic stole. I called the service line and I’ve emailed twice and so far, I haven’t had any luck fixing the mistake.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Happy Mother's Day, from Arthur Johanson of the OSS, 1945. #USAHEC #WWII #MothersDay World War II Veterans Survey Collection Box 739, Alphabetical, Office of Strategic Services, (J-Le), Folder 4a, Johanson, Arthur B., OSS Detachment, [Part 1 of 2], WWII 5276, Circa 1945

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Why don’t generals smile in their official portraits? Take Gordon R. Sullivan—he does not look particularly pleased in this image. Still… you can’t help but wonder what it would look like if he cracked a smile. #MilitaryHistory #USArmy #Leadership #Archives #Portraits #PublicHistory

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What does war look like through the eyes of the soldiers who lived it? In the archives at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, the Vietnam Veterans Survey Collection captures those experiences in their own words. History isn’t just what happened. It’s how it was remembered. #Archives

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

“Books are weapons in the war of ideas.” These American Library Association posters encouraged Americans to send books to soldiers—framing reading as comfort, education, and part of the war effort itself. #USAHEC #ALA #Read

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

With the 58th General Hospital, Army nurse Ruth St. Clair Murphy moved across Europe, documenting her journey in her scrapbook: friends and colleagues, moments between duties, scenes from her travels and war's trauma. Scrapbooks are biography, storytelling, and curation all at once. #USAHEC

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Posters like this in archives sit alongside maps, reports, and personal papers—evidence of how the war was understood, explained, and communicated in real time. They show us not just what happened, but how people were meant to see it.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Artist Petr Sarkisian (P.A. Sarkis’ian) drew on both mythology and Russian artistic traditions. The pile of skulls beneath the hydra echoes earlier war imagery in Russian art, while each snake head is given a distinct expression—anger, shock, fear—adding a striking human dimension to the enemy.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Like many TASS “window” posters, this was created quickly in response to current events. Artists and writers worked together to translate military and political developments into bold visual language—images meant to be seen in shop windows, streets, and public spaces.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This poster was produced just days before victory in Europe. By 5 May 1945, Hitler was dead and Allied forces were closing in on final victory. The hydra—drawn from classical mythology—symbolizes a many-headed enemy that seemed impossible to defeat, but framed here as Allied achievement.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Come see this #TASS poster at #USAHEC in our award winning exhibition, "This We'll Defend: Celebrating 250 Years of Army History". TASS (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union) Poster, "We Will Destory the Hydra!" by Petr Sarkisian, 5 May 1945

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

#fromthearchive -Soviet TASS posters from #WWII. Produced quickly in response to events on the Eastern Front, these posters combined bold design with sharp messaging to inform and mobilize the public. They’re a reminder that wartime history is about how events were communicated and understood.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Did you know that the US Army has an outstanding photography collection? Check out a portrait of a young Omar Bradley; a rare photograph of Hilary R. Johnson, & a portrait of Clarence Muse. But this collection is understudied…nothing about the photographer, studio, or context. Are you curious yet?

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

During the world wars, the YWCA organized recreation programs, housing, and community support for soldiers training in Army camps and serving overseas. Posters like these show how civilian organizations helped mobilize American society for wartime service—today, that story appears in Army archives.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We have an initiative at USAHEC to integrate more of our collection’s primary sources into PME teaching. Building Defense Forces Course Director was dually impressed when I showed this to him!

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

One of the fascinating things about Army archival collections is that they preserve student papers written by officers decades before they became senior commanders in World War II. Check out this paper by MAJ Dwight Eisenhower on planning and industrial mobilization since the World War.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Love letters. Yes! Love letters. In archives. Be still my beating heart. #armyhistoryisamericanhistory #USAHEC #HotLoveLetter Undetermined. n.d. “Letter from Corporal Adolph Abramson to Gladys Regarding Love Letter.” archives.armywarcollege.edu/aw-server/re....

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Army archival collections preserve not only the history of wars but also the history of how the Army studied them. Strategic studies and student papers that analyze past conflicts and debate the challenges of future warfare. These materials form an important part of the intellectual history of PME.

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Rick Herrera @herreramilhist.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Join @lmchervinsky.bsky.social @katelemay.bsky.social & me at Mount Vernon for a Ford Evening Book Talk: Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Washington Taking Command, on 2 July! www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-vi...

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Ford Evening Book Talk: Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Washington Taking Command

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You Can Vote @youcanvotenc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence is a past exhibit from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, highlighting the unwavering dedication of women in the U.S. advocating for equality and the right to vote. View this collection curated by Kate Clarke Lemay: buff.ly/mg1DXF4. #WomensHistory

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🎉🎉Thrilled to have been named one of the top ten free museums in the nation by Newsweek’s Reader’s Choice 2025. Come check us out! www.newsweek.com/readerschoic...

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Best Free Museum

Discover incredible art, history and culture all without spending a dime at these excellent free museums across the country.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thank you @newsweek.com Reader’s Choice Awards—we were voted to be a top ten Best Free Museum in the nation. This is huge and wonderful.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

We have some amazing historical exhibits at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. Here is my team in front of the Global War on Terror exhibit. We have a 65 acre campus with a walking trail that will take you through period-specific installations like this. With the warmer weather, come by!

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Such a great Hung Liu exhibition on art and propaganda (from the Mao era in China, and the cultural revolution) at the Georgetown University art gallery. Congrats to Dorothy Moss and her students.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Im super impressed by the panache of Kitty Bradley who had 5-star themed jewelry made. Talk about flex!

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Three cheers for Topsy! Thanks for the recommendations.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

How awesome are these #YWCA posters from World War I? #workingwomen Collection of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Interesting quote by the Gov of Guam in the article. Great Graphics. Thanks for sharing.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Check out my coolest co-worker at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center #ArmyHistoryIsAmericanHistory #beastie

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MTMcGurk @mtmcgurk.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... Really informative talk on the “Band of Women” taking care of fallen pilots and rescuing allied pilots in France with @katelemay.bsky.social

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Triumph of the Dead and the Special Roles of Norman Women in World War II

Podcast Episode · Why We Fight ~ 1944 · 12/03/2024 · 49m

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Sasha Lehtonen | Mother of Tanks @motheroftanks.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I’d like to thank Dr. @katelemay.bsky.social for this episode on some of the unique wartime experiences of Normans caring for the dead and some who risked their lives and safety to care for the living as they sheltered stranded aircrew members until they could get back with the American forces.

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Thanks Ty! I need to come down to talk shop with Big Army soon so we should do lunch again!

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Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay @katelemay.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Had a special trip recently to the WWII Homefront Museum, Saint Simons Island, GA. The Coastal Georgia Historical Society is responsible for this historic museum. Beautifully curated—and MAPS!! I was in my happy place.

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JP Clark @jpclark97.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

For all who are interested in civil-military relations, you have until 9 December to submit proposals for our annual Army War College Civil-Military Relations Center conference on 2-3 May. There is even some travel money for grad students. Apply here! cmrc.armywarcollege.edu/outreach-pro...

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Conference – USAWC Civil-Military Relations Center

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