Pope Francis to Visit Auschwitz Death Camp In July
Pope Francis will visit Poland in July and make a stop at Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 29th. The visit is occurring during the Pope’s trip to…
Man Finds World War II Love Letters in Shed
Derrick Heckman found a box of papers in the back of a shed. “I found this box,” Heckman said. “I saw these letters with this unique…
David Thatcher – Doolittle Raider Veteran Dies
Retired Staff Sergeant David Jonathan Thatcher died Wednesday at the age of 94 from a stroke he suffered on Sunday. Thatcher was one of the…
100 Year Old WWII Veteran Takes To The Skies In WWII Biplane
Cliff Crozier, a veteran of WWII, turned one hundred years old on the 6th of September 2015, in a little town near Liverpool in England. Friends…
This Family Survived Being Torpedoed By A German Submarine in World War II
Ray Downs was sailing with his family on the freighter Heredia on May 19th, 1942. He was eight years old at the time, and they…
WWII Veterans Reunite After 70 Years
Robert Carter, 91, was looking through a Legion Magazine earlier this year when he spotted someone he hadn’t seen for 70 years. “Oh I recognized…
Bikini Atoll Still Too Radioactive to Start Resettling
Bikini Atoll, the string of islands that the U.S. used as nuclear testing grounds between 1946 and 1958, is still too radioactive to be inhabited.…
Israel Releases Transcripts of Military Leaders After Six-Day War
Israel’s military archives have released testimonies from generals that give details into Israel’s capture of Jerusalem’s Old City in the 1967 Six-Day War. Israel’s Defense…
IAI Develops Unmanned Ground Vehicle
RoBattle is a six-wheeled unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). It is being marketed for dangerous jobs that would normally be…
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution Requesting Increased Restitution from Germany
A resolution requesting that Germany increases its restitution support for Holocaust survivors recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The resolution was sponsored by…
94-year-old WWII Veteran Skydives for Birthday
Doug Curtis was a tail gunner for the Royal Air Force during World War II. Back then, he was handed a parachute and told that…
Russian Military Developing Blimps, Balloons, and Dirigibles
The Russian Defense Ministry has expanded their Aerospace Forces to include a new aerostatics division. This will allow them to add blimps and balloons to…