Article from the Sunday October 30, 1988, edition of the Alamogordo Daily News by David L. Langford about “one of the nation’s best kept military secrets”. This article talks about how today’s militias train as auxiliaries to the National Guard for when on the battlefield fulfilling federal missions. These modern militias can trace their roots to the Home Guards of WWI and the State Guards of WWII.
Credits: New Mexico Military Museum
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