Blazich, Frank
National Museum of American History staff
Selected Publications
Article
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2023. "Civil Air Patrol and Civil Rights, 1941-1965 ." Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation , 70, (2) 47–60.
2023
Blazich,Frank A., Jr. 2023. "Feathered Messengers: U.S. Army Signal Corps Pigeon Service in World War I, 1917-1918 ." Marshall Magazine , Fall/Winter 16–37.
2023
Blazich, Frank. 2022. "Pieces of the Past ." Naval History , 36, (3).
2022
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2021. "Bridging the Gap from Ship to Shore ." Naval History , 35, (4) 34–41.
2021
Blazich, Frank A. 2021. "Inventors and Innovators: Naval Lighterage and Anglo-American Success in the Amphibious Invasions of German-Occupied Europe ." The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord , 31, (2) 125–172. https://doi.org/10.25071/2561-5467.155 .
2021
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2021. "Notre Cher Ami: The Enduring Myth and Memory of a Humble Pigeon ." Journal of Military History , 85, (3) 646–677.
2021
Blazich, Frank. 2020. "Feathers of Honor: U.S. Army Signal Corps Pigeon Service in World War I, 1917–1918." Army History: the Professional Bulletin of Army History , Fall, (117) 32–51.
2020
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2020. "Neptune's Oracle: Admiral Harry E. Yarnell's Wartime Planning, 1918-20 and 1943-44 ." Naval War College Review , 73, (1) 107–134.
2020
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2019. "Definitely Damaged or Destroyed: Reexamining Civil Air Patrol's Wartime Claims ." Air Power History , 66, (1) 19–30.
2019
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2018. "Hartley Edwards Played 'Taps' on this Bugle After World War I to Honor the Fallen ." Smithsonian Magazine Online , Nov 9, 2018,
2018
Blazich, Frank. 2017. "’How Lucky I Am’: The Words and Photography of Corporal William T. Perkins Jr ." Marine Corps History , 3, (2) 20–33.
2017
Blog Posting
Blazich, Frank. 2021. "He? She? Or just plain Cher Ami? Solving a century-old pigeon mystery ." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Jul 14, 2021. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/cher-ami .
2021
Blazich, Frank. 2021. "Maggie of the Boondocks: Martha Raye and a lifetime of service to the U.S. Armed Forces ." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Nov 9, 2021. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/martha-raye .
2021
Blazich, Frank. 2021. "The cold morning of the day after ." O Say Can You See? Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Feb 4, 2021. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/cold-morning .
2021
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2019. "America's Kaiser: How a pigeon served in two World Wars ." O Say Can You See? Stories from the National Museum of American History Washington, DC: National Museum of American History. Feb 11, 2019. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/kaiser .
2019
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2019. "In the Era of Electronic Warfare, Bring Back Pigeons ." War on The Rocks Washington, DC: Texas National Security Review. Jan 16, 2019. https://warontherocks.com/2019/01/in-the-era-of-electronic-warfare-bring-back-pigeons/ .
2019
Blazich, Frank. 2017. "Combat Photographer: Vietnam through the lens of Marine Corporal William T. Perkins, Jr ." O Say Can You See? Stories from the National Museum of American History Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Oct 12, 2017. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/combat-photographer-vietnam .
2017
Blazich, Frank and Peeks, Ryan. 2017. "The Intellectuals Behind the First U.S. Navy Doctrine: A Centennial Reflection ." War on the Rocks Dec 1, 2017. https://warontherocks.com/2017/12/intellectuals-behind-first-u-s-navy-doctrine-centennial-reflection/; .
2017
Blazich, Frank. 2017. "When the Piper Cub Roamed the Battlefield ." War on the Rocks Dec 20, 2017. https://warontherocks.com/2017/12/when-the-piper-cub-roamed-the-battlefield/ .
2017
Book
Chapter
Review
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2021. [Book review] "The Secret History of RDX: The Super-Explosive that Helped Win World War II, by Colin F. Baxter ." Journal of Advanced Military Studies , 12, (1), 241–243.
2021
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2018. [Book review] "Architect of Air Power: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the US Air Force, by Brian D. Laslie,." Journal of Military History , 82, (3), 999–1001.
2018
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2018. [Book review] "PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy, by William Doyle ." Marine Corps History , 4, (1), 132–33.
2018
Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2018. [Book review] "Spy Sites of Washington, DC: A Guide to the Capital Region's Secret History, by Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton with Henry R. Schlesinger." Washington History , 30, (2), 72–72.
2018
Blazich, Frank A. 2017. [Book review] "Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II, by Theresa Kaminski ." History: Reviews of New Books , 45, (3), 76–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/03612759.2017.1267501 .
2017
Blazich, Frank. 2017. [Book review] "Review of "Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow: The Strategic Air Command and American War Plans at the Dawn of the Atomic Age" ." MCU Journal , 8, (2), 113–115.
2017
Webpage
Editor Of
Book
Hardee, David L. 2016. Bataan Survivor: A POW's Account of Japanese Captivity in World War II , Blazich, Frank A., Jr., editor. Columbia: University of Missouri Press.
2016
