{"id":649,"date":"2022-08-22T19:56:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/?page_id=649"},"modified":"2023-11-19T21:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:35:58","slug":"the-al-kugel-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/home\/the-al-kugel-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Al Kugel Room&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/meetings\/napex2001\/napexaward2.jpeg\" alt=\"photo of al kugel receiving award 2001\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo of Al Kugel (right) Receiving an Award 2001<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Al Kugel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/kugel_memorial.html\">Reading this memorial page should give you an idea of his massive contributions to military postal history<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al supplied many of his exhibits and articles for posting on this website. After his passing, the MPHS has worked to make scans of all of his available exhibits. This web page will be the electronic &#8220;Kugel Room&#8221;, containing all known references to his work, including those items on the MPHS website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Al Kugel&#8217;s Exhibits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[There are several thousand pages of his exhibits scanned by the MPHS. As they become available, they will be listed here.]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/ToC.html\">An interactive Table of Contents<\/a>\u00a0is available for searching the titles of the exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/USShWWI\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Naval Shore Bases in Europe 1917-1919<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/BrOcI\/index.html\">British Empire Intervention in the Central Powers During World War I and Its Aftermath<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/FrLev\/index.html\">The French in the Levant 1915 &#8211; 1944&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/GERWWI\/index.html\">German World War I Military and Occupation Mail from Allied and Enemy Territory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/Otto\/\">Ottoman Forerunner Postmarks of the 20th Century<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/Monte\/\">The Postal History of Montenegro 1874 &#8212; 1922<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/USPAFe\/index.html\">United States Postal Agencies in the Far East 1867 &#8211; 1899<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/ItalEx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Expansion of Italy Following World War I 1918-1926<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/RegLab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United States International Registration Labels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/POL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polish Forces in Exile During and Following World War II<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/USV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U. S. Intervention in Vera Cruz, 1914<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/Vers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mail of the Congress of Versailles, 1919<\/a>&nbsp;(re-scanned)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/OverTh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Over There, U.S. Forces Abroad in WWI and its Aftermath<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/Maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remember the Maine! America&#8217;s War with Spain and its Aftermath<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/Serbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Expansion of Serbia 1876 to 1921<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/USPAla\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Mail Agencies in Latin America 1922 &#8211; 1942<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/Wake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wake Island Mail 1933 &#8211; 1945<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/RisingSun\/\">The Rising Sun &#8212; Japanese Expansion from 1894 to 1941<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/GerPac\/\">The Germans in the Pacific Postmarks and Unusual Items<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/CZReg\/\">Panama Canal Zone Registered Mail, The Early Years 1905-1922<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/USFCh\/\">Postal History of the American Forces in China 1900-1941<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/BritRPO\/\">The British Main Line Military Railway Post Office in Europe in 1919<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/ALCan\/\">The ALCan Highway Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/AHBreak\/\">The Break-Up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1918-1923<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/USAPO\/\">The US Army and Its Postal Service Abroad During World War 2<\/a> (APO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/USDollar\/\">$2.00 to $5.00 Postage Stamps of the United States &amp; Its Possessions 1893 &#8211; 1938<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/AusBoxer\">Australian Forces in the Boxer Uprising<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/KUGEL\/exhibits\/USnNmMex\/\">The U.S. Intervention in Northern Mexico 1916-1917<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_north_russia.html\">United States Intervention in North Russia During and After the First World War<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_siberia.html\">United States Intervention in Siberia During and After the First World War<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_south_russia.html\">United States Intervention in South Russia After the First World War, 1919-1922<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_germany.html\">Allied Plebiscite Activities in Germany, 1920-1921<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_boundary.html\">European Boundary Commission Activity on the Aftermath of World War I<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_philippines.html\">Spanish-American War, 1898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_prexies.html\">The &#8216;Prexies&#8217; Go To War<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_saar.html\">Allied Plebiscite Activity in the Saar Territory, 1935<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_versailles.html\">Mail of the Congress of Versailles, 1919<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryphs.org\/exhibits\/kugel_baltic.html\">Allied Forces in the Baltic Area in the Aftermath of World War I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Al Kugel&#8217;s Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al co-authored (with Ed Dubin) an extensive 33-page article, originally published in 2017 by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stamps.org\/\">American Philatelic Society<\/a>, on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/articles\/APS_wwi_article_2017_04.pdf\">America&#8217;s involvement in the First World War<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/postalmuseum.si.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/congress_book_2011_pages_20-30.pdf\">The disintegration of the Hohenzollern Empire 1918\u20131923&nbsp;<\/a>(2011 Article at National Postal Museum Website)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/articles\/vistula\">Austria-Hungary&#8217;s Vistula Flotilla in World War 1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/articles\/adriatic\">Austria-Hungarian Naval Aviation on the Adriatic during World War 1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/articles\/PearlHarbor.pdf\">The First Marine Defense Battalion at Pearl Harbor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphs.org\/articles\/Guam.pdf\">Guam Island Mail 1899-1904 the Overprinted Stamps<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Additional Educational\/Research Material on the MPHS Website<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/home\/educational\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/home\/educational\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo of Al Kugel (right) Receiving an Award 2001 About Al Kugel Reading this memorial page should give you an idea of his massive contributions to military postal history. Al supplied many of his exhibits and articles for posting on this website. After his passing, the MPHS has worked to make scans of all of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/home\/the-al-kugel-room\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read the full post &rarr;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;The &#8216;Al Kugel Room&#8217;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-649","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/649\/revisions\/896"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryphs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}