Ian Harvey

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

Articles by Ian Harvey:

Monument Defaced With a Hammer and Sickle

A World War II memorial in Charlotte, North Carolina, was defaced with a hammer and sickle and a message that seems to refer to the…

US Service Members Repatriated from South Korea

The remains of six US service members are on their way back to the United States after a repatriation ceremony at the Osan Air Base…

June 14 2019 Declared Donald R. Burgett Day as Post Office Renamed in his Honor

Donald R Burgett: The Screaming Eagles, the 101st Airborne Division, were amongst the first to arrive on the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy on June 6th,…

Famous “Lacey Lady” Restaurant in Oregon to Close for Good

The “Lacey Lady” restaurant in Milwaukee, Oregon, has closed for good due to business conditions during the pandemic. In 1947, Art Lacey purchased a B-17…

Great News! 92-Year-Old Receives Service Medals After Surviving COVID-19

Donal Staples, Sr. served in the US Navy during World War II. For most of his life, he didn’t speak much about his time in…

Tom Hanks’s new WWII epic, ‘Greyhound’, to Premier on Apple TV+ in July

Tom Hanks’s new war movie, ‘Greyhound,’ is to premiere on Apple TV+ on the 10th July 2020 as part of the media giant’s efforts to…

New US Uniform Goes Back to the 1940s – Pinks and Greens

The US Army uniform is getting a ‘glow-up’ it has been confirmed, with the new duds looking rather like the old WWII ‘pinks and greens’,…

Diary Held by Freemasons for 75 Years May Lead to Buried Third Reich Gold

The journal that mentions the gold was written under the pseudonym “Michaelis” and was secretly kept hidden in Quedling, Germany, by a Masonic lodge. The…

Officials Plead for Consumers to NOT Recycle Live Cannonballs

Workers at the Kent County Recycling Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, got a lot more than they bargained for when  Civil War cannonballs was delivered…

Oldest Living Survivor of the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Dies Aged 98

Jim Jarvis, the oldest survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, died on 6th June 2020 in Uniontown, Ohio. Jim was a well-known character…

Abandoned Launch Site That Thwarted the Soviets, Yours for $1.8 Million

Looking for a fixer-upper or a launch site and have $1.8 million to spend? Then Woolwich Township in New Jersey has a unique property that…

Japanese Flag From Flagship Nagato Sold at Auction

The Japanese flag which flew on the flagship Nagato during the attack on Pearl Harbor was sold at an auction for £32,000. The Nagato was…