Blind Second World War tank veteran honoured by France
A blind Second World War veteran from Stafford in the UK is to receive France’s highest honor with the awarding of the Chevalier de l’Ordre…
WWII Artillery Shell found by Indian Farmer
Bombs from the Second World War continue to be unearthed in various places, the latest being in Puttur, India. A young farmer, Kalyan Kumar, was…
Mysterious Signatures Found On The Inside Of A P-47 Thunderbolt’s Wing
AirCorps Aviation is restoring a P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II-era plane. Inside one of the wings, they found the grease-pencil signatures of “Eva &…
Dame Vera Lynn – “The Forces’ Sweetheart” releases a new album for her 100th Birthday
In the 1930s, Dame Vera Lynn began performing in men’s’ clubs in the East End of London. In World War II she used her voice…
First World War Plaque Commemorates Soldier – Now It Has Come Back To His Descendants
Synchronicity is a meaningful coincidence; and “synchronicity” seems an apt word to describe the circumstance surrounding the return of an old plaque on the date…
Decades after the end of the War, one veteran receives the decorations he deserves
There are an estimated 620,000 surviving Second World War veterans, or 3.9 percent of the 16 million who served, according to U.S. Department of Veterans…
75th Ranger Regiment to welcome first female soldier in spring
In a first for the U.S. military, a female soldier is expected to join the Army’s select 75th Ranger Regiment this spring, service officials announced…
Unexploded WW2 Bomb Causes Evacuation in Hong Kong
Yet another Second World War unexploded bomb caused the evacuation of dozens of people in Hong Kong recently. Construction workers discovered the 227 kg weapon at…
In the Solomon Islands, Unexploded Ordnance, Wartime Relics, and Human Remains are all a part of life
In the Solomon Islands, on the edge of the Munda Airport, there is a pile of rusted metal. Most of it is no longer recognizable,…
Fort Wainwright in Alaska started life as a cold weather testing base in World War Two
What is now known as Fort Wainwright began as Ladd Field, an Army Air Corps cold weather testing facility in Alaska that began operation in…
The Japanese Internment Camps in Arizona
Over 100,000 Japanese-Americans were moved to internment camps due to an executive order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt which he signed on February 19, 1942.…
Woody Harrelson’s Amazing Live Movie Experiment Is Disrupted By WW2 Bomb
Actor and director Woody Harrelson learned how challenging making a movie can be when production on his film in London was delayed after the discovery…