Memorial Held To Commemorate Bagpiper Awarded VC In First World War
The extraordinary bravery of a piper, 20-year-old James Cleland Richardson, who was awarded a Victoria Cross, was commemorated recently with a special memorial stone laid in…
Buying the myth: Russian Film Sticks With The Fiction
Historians are saying that a Russian film portraying the defense of Moscow during the Second World War is false. The new movie, 28 Men, borrows…
The Harlem Hellfighters – The Most Famous African-American Combat Unit of World War I
In World War I, nearly 380,000 African-Americans served in the U.S. Army. African-American soldiers primarily served in the 92nd and 93rd Divisions. While there was…
World War II Marine’s Remains Are Being Repatriated To Liberty, Mississippi
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recently stated that the remains of Marine Pfc. James S. Smith, 19, of Liberty, Mississippi, will be buried in…
Under A Mountain Range In Virginia, An Old Nuclear Bunker Now Houses Explosive Cinematic History
The building perched in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, designed to protect the president and $4 billion dollars in gold in case of…
Tragic American Aviation Pioneer Who Lost His Life Flying In The First World War
Despite there being a seven-foot statue of Norman Prince in the Washington National Cathedral, few visitors linger at the crypt of the young, American pilot…
Report Shows How The Judiciary In Post-WW2 Germany Was Hijacked By Ex-Nazis
A new German study, recently released, says the country’s post-World War Two justice ministry was overrun with ex-Nazis who protected their former comrades. In 1957, 77%…
Historic D-Day Landing Ship Lives On In Indiana
A historic LST (Landing Ship, Tank) from the D-Day landing on June 6, 1944, continues to live on. The USS LST 325 that ferried tanks,…
Young Lawyer Who Prosecuted War Criminals At Nuremberg Now Reflects On War and Justice, Aged 96
Benjamin Ferencz was just 27 when he was given the job of a prosecutor at what were the greatest trials in history: prosecuting Nazis for…
Polish Codebreakers Cracked Enigma In 1932 – Long Before Alan Turing
The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during…
Andy Murray Commemorates the Battle of the Somme With Sport Remembers Campaign
The Royal British Legion has launched a slightly different commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme with their “Sport Remembers” campaign.…
Harwich, Massachusetts Honors Missing WWII Pilot With Bridge Named After Him
Despite a letter in 1943 from U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Robert Jones that her husband, Navy pilot Ralph Wallace Burns was missing, she never stopped…