New Navy Destroyer Is The Biggest, Most Expensive Destroyer Ever Built by the US
The Zumwalt is the largest and most expensive destroyer the US Navy has ever built. During trials, it headed to sea during a snowstorm. On…
New Netflix Film Does A Good Job Of Honoring Irish UN Peacekeepers Besieged in Congo
Tadhg Quinn was effusive in his praise for the recently released film that tells the unknown story of A company, a UN force composed of…
How the WW2 German ‘Schnellboot’ S-102 Was Found in the Black sea
Recreational divers located the located the remains of a WWII German ‘Schnellboot’ lying in forty feet of water in the Black Sea near Crimea. The…
Shot By A German Bullet, An American Flag Flown On D-Day Goes on Display
The Netherlands’ National Military Museum received a fragile American flag on Thursday. The flag once flew on the boat that carried the first US troops…
U.S. Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Fighting U.S. Army to Honor Buddies’ Sacrifices
Between 1961 and 1975, thousands of U.S. military helicopter pilots, gunners, crew chiefs, and medics spearheaded U.S. attempts to hold the 67,000 square miles of…
World War Two: The Assassination Of A Nazi Mastermind
Hitler gripped Germany and the occupied regions with the help of a network of killers who competed with him in inhumanity and barbarism. One such…
Inspiring Humility Of a Quiet American World War Two Private, Who Has Passed Away at 95
Pete Bang was proud to talk about his days as a “knuckle busting” mechanic. He’d talk about how he kept his home and yard in…
Chicago Businessman May Have Found A Famous Japanese WWII Commander’s Tooth
Dick Portillo is known to Chicago residents as the hot dog and Italian beef king of Chicago. He is the founder of the Portillo’s fast…
Preserved – The Humble Building Which Was General Lee’s Headquarters at Gettysburg
The Civil War Trust this year bought the building which served as General Robert E. Lee’s headquarters during the civil war Battle of Gettysburg. Only on…
Researchers Locate The Real Blackadder Namesakes in World War I Records
On the 100th anniversary of World War I, a military genealogy site has found an actual Captain Blackadder, a Private Baldrick, a Lieutenant George, and…
India to Retire 57-Year Old Aircraft Carrier Viraat – The Oldest Aircraft Carrier In The World
The INS Viraat is India’s only operational aircraft carrier. It is to retire later this year. What isn’t decided, though, is what will happen to…
The Horror of the Lwów Ghetto in WW2
The day was July 26, 1944, when the Polish city of Lwow was finally liberated by the advancing Red Army after fierce clashes with the…