selected publications
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article
- 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." , 2018-11-09. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hartley-edwards-played-taps-bugle-after-world-war-i-honor-fallen- 180970752. 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
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book
- Blazich, Frank A., Jr. 2020. An Honorable Place in American Air Power: Civil Air Patrol Coastal Patrol Operations, 1942–1943. Air University Press. 2020
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review
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 113-115. 2017
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webpage
- Blazich, Frank. 2017. "“Founding” Versus “Establishment” A Perspective on Civil Air Patrol’s Recognized Date of Origin." 2017
- 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