Directory of Military Resources

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The history of the Federal and State military in San Francisco.

Resources in This Category

• California Military History

  http://www.militarymuseum.org/History%20Cal%20NG.html
  California State Militia and National Guard Unit Histories, including those that were stationed in San Francisco.

• California Military Museum

  http://www.militarymuseum.org/YBI.html
  Camp Yerba Buena Island history from 1868.

• California State Military Museum

  http://www.militarymuseum.org/History1906.html
  The role of the military during the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

• Fort Point National Historic Site

  http://www.nps.gov/fopo/
  History of the Fort Point (from 1853) by the National Park Service. Fort Point was used by the U.S. Army.

• Globalsecurity.org

  http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/treasure-island.htm
  History of the Treasure Island Naval Air Station from 1941.

• Museum of the City of San Francisco

  http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/navops.html
  U.S. Navy Operations During the 1906 Earthquake and Fire.

• Presidio of San Francisco

  http://www.nps.gov/prsf
  History of the Presidio (from 1776) by the National Park Service. The Presidio was the site of Spanish, Mexican and American armies.

• San Francisco Maritime National Park Association

  http://www.maritime.org/pamphome.htm
  History and tour of the USS Pampanito (SS-383), a World War II Balao class Fleet submarine.

• WNP: Fort Miley/VA Medical Center

  http://www.outsidelands.org/fort-miley-va-ctr1.php
  The Western Neighborhoods Project, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of western San Francisco neighborhoods, presents narrative, photographs and chronology of the site.

• World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area

  http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwIIbayarea/sitelist.htm
  Links of places in the National Register of Historic Places involved in World War II.

• Zpub.com

  http://www.zpub.com/sf/thepoint/point-h.html
  History of the San Francisco Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Includes a timeline and historical photographs.

 

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