Today in War History
· 1477, Battle of Nancy
· 1913, Battle of Lemnos
· 1941, Amy Johnson disappears
Featured
‘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
Guest Authors
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
World War 2
· 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
Vietnam War
James Risner Chased an Enemy MiG Into China to Shoot It Down, Then Survived the Hanoi Hilton
· Vietnam Veteran and Second-Longest Held POW in American History to Receive Congressional Gold Medal
· 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’
Cold War
