· 1835, Second Seminole War begins· 1941, Battle of Wake Island ends· 1968, USS Pueblo sailors are released· 1972, Andrei Tupolev dies· 1979, Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul
‘Mad Mike’ Hoare: The Irish Major Turned World-Famous Mercenary · Facts About the Purple Heart, the Oldest Military Decoration Still Presented to US Service Members · ‘Area 52’ Veterans Call Out US Government for Refusing to Acknowledge Health Issues Caused By Radiation Exposure · INTERVIEW: William Sturkey Discusses His New Book About MoH Recipient and War Hero Roy Benavidez Posts navigation 1 2 3 4 5 … 2,234
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Embarking on Project to Reconstruct WWII-Era Fairey Barracuda · The British Army Took Over the Village of Tyneham to Prepare for D-Day · Museum Releases Promotional Booklet Ahead of ‘The Third Man’ Film Anniversary · St. Ermin’s Hotel: The London Hotel Favorited By Spies Posts navigation 1 2 3 4 5 … 2,234
Manuel V. Mendoza Really Was a One-Man Army – The Germans in His Way Didn’t Survive Long · George Ray Tweed: The Man Who Evaded the Japanese on Guam for Over Two Years · Jacklyn Lucas: The 17-Year-Old MoH Recipient Who Threw Himself on Two Grenades to Save His Comrades on Iwo Jima · Operation Catechism: Demise of the German Battleship Tirpitz · Descendant of Alaskan Native Leader Calls for Japan to Pay Reparations for 1942 Aleutian Islands Invasion · USS Mason (DE-529): ‘Eleanor’s Folly’ Helped Break Racial Barriers in the US Navy Posts navigation 1 2 3 4 5 … 2,234
Official Trailer Released for Upcoming Film About William Tell · We Can’t Get Over These Historical Inaccuracies in ‘Braveheart’ · Being a Medieval Executioner Was a Family Profession – And Not By Choice · The Evolution of Guédelon Castle – A 13th-Century Castle In the Modern Era Posts navigation 1 2 3 4 5 … 2,234
James Risner Chased an Enemy MiG Into China to Shoot It Down, Then Survived the Hanoi Hilton · Vietnam-Era Helmet Found in Guernsey Charity Shop Returned to Family in the United States · Laurence Fishburne Saved Emilio Estevez’s Life on the Set of ‘Apocalypse Now’ · The Vietnam War’s Heroic ‘Dustoff’ MEDEVAC Crews to Receive Congressional Gold Medal Posts navigation 1 2 3 4 5 … 2,234