War Cemetery in the Falkland Islands vandalised
Argentina’s foreign ministry has requested the UK to start an investigation following the vandalism of the Virgin of Lujan statue located at the Falkland Islands…
Famous Letter Demanding Surrender At Bastogne Goes On Display in Boston Museum
A museum in Boston has obtained two important World War II documents to add to their large collection of the items from that war. The…
Avro Lancaster bomber “Just Jane” is undergoing careful restoration as a tribute to Bomber Command Veterans
Pride and dedication are going into the restoration of Just Jane, an Avro Lancaster bomber under repair as a memorial to Christopher Patton and other…
Amazing – Dutch Caretaker at Margraten Cemetery is reaching out to lost family of slain WW2 Soldier
Richard Smeets wants to know more about Savas J. Batsos who was killed during World War II in the Netherlands and whose grave he tends.…
Coming Home – Flying Tigers Pilots Who Died in Training during World War Two
The remains of two pilots and a Martinsburg-area man killed in Southeast Asia while training with the Flying Tigers in the Second World War are…
WW2 Tiger Moth pilot takes to the air one last time
Dr. Sandy Saunders, despite being 94 and being aware he is dying of bladder and prostate cancer, recently put on his flying jacket, scarf and…
The Forgotten Sacrifice and Horrific Demise of Eleven WWII Heroes
The bodies of eleven American soldiers were found in a field in Belgium during the last winter of World War II. Their eyes had been…
The Fascinating story of Tokyo Rose – an American woman forced to broadcast WW2 propaganda by the Japanese
Radio propaganda was a prominent part of World War II and perhaps no on-air propagandist was more well-known than Iva Toguri, also known as “Tokyo…
Soldier missing since Korean War has been accounted for and buried with Full Military Honors
The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recently announced that the remains of serviceman Cpl. Luis P. Torres, killed during the Korean War, have…
120 unexploded WW1 shells found during home improvement in France
Finding not one but 120 unexploded bombshells brought a home improvement job to a quick halt recently in Beuvry, France in the Pas-de-Calais area. Bomb…
100 years on, a new survey gives the first look at the sunken wreck of the HMS Vanguard
An initial survey of the wreckage of HMS Vanguard supports the view that the ship blew up due to an accidental magazine explosion which took…
When a pocket Bible saved a WW1 soldier from certain death
Leonard Knight was 17 when he was shot by a German soldier in World War I. Fortunately, he had placed his pocket Bible in his…