Ian Harvey

Ian Harvey is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Duplicate Dog Tags From The Second World War Bring Families Together

Sam Nusz was drafted into the US Army during World War II on March 22, 1941. On March 22, 1944, Nusz was shipped to 204th…

Cemetery Exhuming Remains of 94 Unknown Battle of Tarawa Servicemen for Indentification

Officials are disinterring the remains of 94 unidentified Marines and sailors who were killed in the Pacific during one of the bloodiest battles of World…

The Second Incarnation of HMS Iron Duke – Great Britain’s World War One Ultra-Battleship

Perhaps the Duke of Wellington, were he alive in 1914, would have objected to a second battleship again named after him when the first HMS…

The Remains of a World War Two Pilot Make It Home

The remains of Capt. Albert Schlegel arrived in Beaufort, Ga., March 27, 73 years after he disappeared in World War II, when his P-51 fighter…

Space Coast Honor Flight Lifts The Spirits of Veterans

“NCIS,” the highly-rated drama on CBS, gave its viewers a look into what Space Coast Honor Flight does every day. Bill Welser is the president…

Remembering The First World War – The War That Changed The World Forever

Despite the deaths of thousands in the First World War, and the disappearance of centuries’ old empires, the “war to end all wars’ was transformative.…

How Prize Thoroughbred Horses Were Rescued After Germany’s Surrender in WWII

In the last days of World War II, a secret operation was approved by General George Patton to rescue 500 of Europe’s finest thoroughbred horses.…

Civil War Trails – Connecting Visitors To History On The Civil War

A sign was dedicated in Floyd, Virginia, as part of the Virginia Civil War Trails system. John Graham of the Floyd County Historical Society (FCHS)…

Enthusiasts Spend Eight Years Restoring A German 105mm Howitzer From World War One

When Doug Reece first found the gun, it was a rusted wreck. The supporting frame was so rotten the gun was bending in half. You…

New Book Throws Light On Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant is well known as the commanding general of the Union forces during the American civil war, but outside of that little is…

Raising Funds For A Memorial To Veterans Of Recent Iraq And Afghanistan Wars

Andrew Brennan, a young former Army pilot, is learning that plans to build a monument to those who participated in what is referred to as…

DPAA identifies remains of Second World War Flying Tiger Pilot

The remains of a U.S. civilian, Peter W. Atkinson, are being returned to his family for burial in Martinsburg, West Virginia, following identification by the…