He Survived 25 Missions As A B-17 Tail Gunner, Then Voluteered For More!
John Andre (née Andrejansky), from a family of 14 children, grew up on a dairy farm in Stonersville in Berks County, Pennsylvania. As a young…
Devon D-Day Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday By Skydiving For Charity
“Actually, I wanted to do it 10 years ago, but I got talked out of it. But I was determined that on my hundredth birthday…
The Controversial, Failed Easter Rising That Changed the World
The Easter Rising of 1916 is a controversial event, down even to when it should be celebrated. Tradition dictates that it is to be celebrated…
U.S. Secretary of State Visits Memorial at Hiroshima
This month, John Kerry became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit the Japanese city of Hiroshima. At a press conference held after a…
WWII B-26 Pilot Flew 75 Missions In The “Widow-maker”
Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Leon Leshay grew up in Massachusetts. He studied science at a Rhode Island college, where he had an opportunity to…
82nd Airborne Division WWII Veteran still waiting for Medal of Honor
James Megellas has a room lined with military honors and awards. “You lead from the front, you command from the rear,” Megellas said. “If you’re…
New Book Sheds Light on Ravensbrück Concentration Camp
Ravensbrück was the only concentration camp built by the Nazis specifically for women. Located 50 miles north of Berlin, it opened four months before the…
NOAA seeks to preserve naval battle site “Graveyard of the Atlantic”; area residents concerned over long term economic effects
Federal officials overseeing the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary off Cape Hatteras, N.C., are seeking to extend their jurisdiction to an area dubbed “The Graveyard of…
Students Investigated after Posting Pictures of Holocaust-themed Drinking Game
Police are investigating a group of teenagers in Princeton, NJ, after pictures of them playing a “Jews vs. Nazis” drinking game were posted on the…
Austria Wants To Seize House Where Hitler Was Born
The Austrian government has been faced with a dilemma regarding what to do with the house where Adolf Hitler was born. In April 1889, Hitler…
A remarkable lady: Patricia Barry – Codebreaker In WWII
On 21st August 1921, Hilda Patricia Rawlinson was born in Walthamstow, a suburb in the east end of London, to Percy and Hilda Rawlinson. Her…
The Desperate Banzai Charge On Okinawa
On April 6th, 1945, nearing the end World War II, Japanese forces launched a massive air counter-offensive against the insurgent American military on their own…