Military History

Westmoreland Research offers expertise in researching U.S. military history from the 1750s to the present, including all service branches, Allied and European military history from WWI onward, and biographic research. We have extensive knowledge of USN Deck Logs and the Berlin Document Center collection of captured German records.

USN Action Report for VPB-111 flying PB-4Y Privateers over Singapore documenting the downing of another airframe with all crew lost.

USN Action Report for VPB-111 flying PB-4Y Privateers over Singapore documenting the downing of another airframe with all crew lost.

A WWII-era After Action Report for the US 84th Inf Div “The Railsplitters” during the Battle of the Bulge.

A WWII-era After Action Report for the US 84th Inf Div “The Railsplitters” during the Battle of the Bulge.

A page from an original WWII captured German war diary for the 132nd Infantry Division.

A page from an original WWII captured German war diary for the 132nd Infantry Division.

An OSS-produced anti-Nazi propaganda leaflet for Sweden.

An OSS-produced anti-Nazi propaganda leaflet for Sweden.

A camouflage scheme devised for British and American vessels in WWI.

A camouflage scheme devised for British and American vessels in WWI.

Banner image, top: “Gassed” John Singer Sargent’s monumental painting at the Imperial War Museum, was commissioned by the British Government to “contribute the central painting for a Hall of Remembrance for the World War.” In 1918, he found his subject matter at a dressing station in a French village where British soldiers, blinded by mustard gas, were given first aid.