Cape Cod Military Museum

06/18/2026

The is another panel story in the Bourne Historical Society building part of our Cape Cod Commandos display. It is about the 411th after it left Camp Edwards. On the 21st of January the Americal belatedly joins the fight to liberate the Philippines on Leyte. The J*panese were in retreat towards the Island of Cebu.
The fight became a slaughter. There are many mentions in memoirs of an unofficial order to cease taking J*p prisoners. The Americal spent less than two months on Leyte but killed 3500 of the enemy. The Philippines was a different type of fighting with open fields and human habitation. The men then had to prepare for a first for them, a landing on a hostile shore.

06/18/2026

June 18th 1941: The German–Turkish Treaty of Friendship and non aggression was signed. Wikipedia

06/17/2026

Thanks to the tremendous care provided by the Barnstable Animal Hospital, Rhonda has recovered enough to be adopted!! We wish her well in her recovery and with her forever home!!

06/17/2026

14 June, 1944

Members of the 101st Airborne Division repair German vehicles for their own transportation. Here experimenting with a German Kettenkrad tracked motorcycle (named 'Julitta'). Near Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados, France.

(Photo - US.Signal Corps.)

Colourised by Doug

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

Explore Cape Cod’s Revolutionary War roots—from patriot taverns and historic cemeteries to a Paul Revere bell—marking America’s 250th anniversary. See link below ⬇️

📸 Merrily Lunsford, Cape Cod Times/Merrily Lunsford

06/17/2026

Isabel Banks Walker attended the Nurses' Training School at Base Hospital, Camp Devens during World War I. Thank you to her granddaughter, Susie, for sharing her photo.

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

The French Cable Station Museum is now open for tours!

Tours will be available Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 1 PM-4 PM. To arrange a special tour outside of these hours, you can email: [email protected]

To learn more, visit: https://www.frenchcablestationmuseum.org/index.htm