Transcribed from the latest issue of the print edition:
Ron Coddington Is New Military Images Publisher
ARLINGTON, VA.—Historian David Neville, who owned and edited Military Images magazine since 2003, sold it to Ronald S. Coddington of Arlington in early August.
Coddington, who is familiar to Civil War News readers as the author of “Faces of War,” took over as publisher and editor immediately.
Noting the magazine’s long tradition of excellence in bringing to light rare military portrait photographs, Coddington said, “I am thrilled and honored to have the opportunity to guide MI to the next chapter in its life.”
He said, “The magazine continues to play a key role in preserving the visual record and stories of citizen soldiers in America, and is a key source for information about uniforms and other aspects of the military.”
Coddington said, “In the current digital age, with so much new material surfacing, it is more important than ever to have a publication that showcases and interprets these important images.”
Harry Roach founded the Military Images in 1979. He set a mission to document the photographic history of U.S. soldiers and sailors from the birth of photography in 1839 through World War I, although the vast majority of published images date from the Civil War Period.
Roach sold the magazine in 1999 to Phillip Katcher, from whom Neville purchased it four years later.
Regular contributors to MI include some of the most knowledgable collectors in the country, including Michael J. McAfee, John Sickles, Chris Nelson, David Wynn Vaughan, Ron Field and Ken Turner.
Coddington said he is excited to continue working with all of the MI contributors and invites new faces with a passion for military photograhy to participate.
He may be contacted at militaryimages@gmail.com or militaryimagesmagazine.com
