CURRENT ISSUE

Current Edition:

Volume 13, Issue 4

24 January 2023

This month, the ASC History Office starts examining a history of military logistics by starting with a closer look at supplying Europe during both World Wars through a sea of wolves.

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Newsletters are published each month around the first of the month and distributed by the ASC History Office. Answers to the previous month's trivia, new trivia, and this month in military history are also available in each issue.

TRIVIA ANSWERS

What was the name of the machine that was used by German during World War II to send cryptic messages?	Enigma
What was the price tag of Lend-Lease for all of the Allies during World War II?	$49.1 Billion ($881.5 Billion in 2022)
How many Allied ships were sunk by U-boats during the D-Day Invasion?	Zero

OLD NEWSLETTERS

ASC History Newsletters are uploaded monthly to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) around the 15th of each month. DVIDS acts as the main archive for digital media for the U.S. Army. You can access ASC History Newsletters in this format back to the first print in September of 2010.

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For archival and finding aid purposes, the history office updates and maintains a database/data finder of all ASC History Newsletter articles. For your convenience and ease of finding older content, it has been provided for you here. You will need to be able to open a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to view the data. The sheet includes the volumes, issues, topics, original publication date, and a link to the DVIDS publication.

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SPECIAL EDITIONS

Rock Island Arsenal 160th Anniversary Newsletters

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	61457	Vol. 12, Issue 4 SE	21 JAN 2022	The Battle of the Rock Island Rapids
	61976	Vol. 12, Issue 5 SE	15 FEB 2022	Fort Armstrong
	63130	Vol. 12, Issue 6 SE	16 MAR 2022	The Black Hawk War
	63403	Vol. 12, Issue 7 SE	18 APR 2022	The Bridges at Rock Island
	63689	Vol. 12, Issue 8 SE	17 MAY 2022	The Sentries of the Rock Island Prison Barracks
	64219	Vol. 12, Issue 9 SE	17 JUN 2022	Prominent Figures at Rock Island
	64375	Vol. 12, Issue 10 SE	7 JUL 2022	The Birth of a Grand National Arsenal
	64699	Vol. 12, Issue 11 SE	4 AUG 2022	A Short History of Quarters One
	65071	Vol. 12, Issue 12 SE	13 SEP 2022	A Road Tour of Rock Island Arsenal
	65185	Vol. 13, Issue 1 SE	13 OCT 2022	SGT Christiansen's Cannon and Rock Island Arsenal
	65646	Vol. 13, Issue 2 SE	18 NOV 2022	Army Materiel Command at Rock Island Arsenal
	65982	Vol. 13, Issue 3 SE	19 DEC 2022	Preservation of History of Rock Island Arsenal

COVID-19 Special Edition Newsletters

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	56085	Vol. 10, Issue 6 SE1	30 MAR 2020	Rock Island Arsenal & Influenza (Part 1)
	56086	Vol. 10, Issue 6 SE2	7 APR 2020	Rock Island Arsenal & Influenza (Part 2)
	56087	Vol. 10, Issue 7 SE1	14 APR 2020	Rock Island Arsenal & Influenza (Part 3)
	56088	Vol. 10, Issue 7 SE2	30 APR 2020	Rock Island Arsenal & Influenza (Part 4)
	56089	Vol. 10, Issue 7 SE3	7 MAY 2020	Sports & Influenza