92nd Infantry Division, The Buffalo Soldiers – A Veteran Celebrates His 97th Birthday
Ray Robinson served in World War II as a member of the 92nd Infantry Division. Otherwise known as the Buffalo Soldiers, they were the only…
The Terrible Defeat That Led To The Bataan Death March
It was January 2, 1942, and the fall of Manilla in the Battle of Bataan that would give the US its first taste of the…
Historian Alleges Nixon Interfered With Peace Talks In Vietnam In 1968
Historians have long surmised that Richard M. Nixon, the presidential contender in 1969, interfered with peace talks to end the Vietnam War, to bolster his…
Fantastic Collection Of Artifacts On Display At Philadelphia’s New Revolutionary War Museum
With a little imagination, visitors to the Revolutionary War museum opening April 19 in Philadelphia will travel back in time to the 1770s. The museum…
March of Life – Organizing Meetings Between Holocaust Survivors And The Descendants Of German Soldiers
The German organization March of Life inspires young Germans to examine their families’ past, break decades-old silence and expose acts perpetrated by their grandparents during…
Battle Of Passchendaele Centenary Plans Announced For 2017
To mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War, major commemorations will occur in Belgium…
British Library instrumental in returning a book stolen by the nazis
As any police officer or detective can verify, a routine inquiry can lead to the unexpected. Such is the case with a copy of ‘Die…
Naming And Honoring Canadian WW1 Soldiers – Their Stories Are Not To Be Forgotten
Exactly 72 years after his death near the Leopold Canal during World War II, Pte. Kenneth Donald Duncanson was laid to rest in September 2016…
Gripping Account Of The Mission From One Of The Original WW2 Dambusters
A movie was made about the Dambusters and their mission to destroy a number of dams in Germany during the Second World War, but it…
Funeral Held For WWII Veteran Whose Life Was Spared By Rommel
Roy Wooldridge died at the age of 97. He was a decorated veteran of World War II whose life was once spared when Erwin Rommel,…
The English County Remembering Canadian Casualties Of World War Two
Six Canadians killed on January 2, 1944, when the Wellington bomber they were flying collided with a hillside in England’s West Yorkshire County have been…
Historian Alleges Nixon Interfered With Peace Talks in Vietnam
President Lyndon B. Johnson called Richard Nixon on November 2, 1968. In the call, the president in no uncertain terms, accused the presidential candidate of…