NPRC's 1973 Fire and the Erasure of Army Officer Records
Thousands of military careers vanished in a 1973 blaze; today the government relies on training camp rosters to piece together the remnants of those burned lives.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Military Records
Brownwood Racial Incidents and VIII Corps Loss Files
Black soldiers in Texas were reduced to "racial incidents" in a military file that prioritized the tracking of deserters and casualties over the dignity of the men it commanded.
By Miriam Adler ·
Senator Frank Church and HSCA Battled National Archives Over State Abuses
Families sought evidence of fallen sons while the Church Committee mapped illegal surveillance and the HSCA hunted for missing memos and redacted cables.
By Theo Marchetti ·