Mill Hill War Hero Fred Harris Reunited With Army General Hugh Beach 70 Years After Saving His Life
Last time they saw each other was when Fred Harris was dragging Hugh Beach on the back of his car, while Harris was shot and…
Williams Valley Welcomes Battle Of The Bulge Veterans
History books have mentioned them ever since, said former Sgt. Major Warren Parks. He come from Lebanon and on Jan. 29, he was the master…
A Lost Diary: Stories Of A WWII ‘Suicide Mission’
In the lost and found diary, Capt. Jack Stanley Jones wrote about a medal presentation he had to wake up early for and complained about…
Europe’s Great Powers And The ‘Suicidal’ War
The four years of the First World War, between 1914 and 1918, saw nations left almost lifeless and battles fought all around the world, but…
Swearing And WWI
Fighting Words: Canadian Soldiers’ Slang and Swearing in the Great War, a brilliant essay by Tim Cook, is probably the best example of swearing and…
Iwo Jima Vet On War Souvenir Mercy Mission
He did not think much about what to do, he didn’t spend any time thinking whether that soldier had a family, a name or a…
The Priest Who Saved A Four-Year-old Hitler From Death In An Icy River
The newspaper article, depicting the story of a four-year-old boy who was saved from drowning, perhaps one of the hardest to accept act of mercy…
World War 1 Was Not Inevitable
20 million people lost their lives in the First World War, while a whole generation of young soldiers of Europe perished in the terrible massacre…
More Than 1,800 Vets’ Records Intentionally Destroyed Or Misfiled By 2 Clerks
The two employees of the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis County were both students. Lonnie Halkmon, who is 28 years old, was sentenced…
Internal Memo Alleges JPAC Ethics Violations, Mishandling Of Military Remains
According to a series of Internal communications obtained by Stars and Stripes, JPAC’s Central Identification Laboratory, which is responsible for the recovering and identifying American…
WWII Mini Series “Generation War”Faces Civil Action in Poland
The Second World War vet, whose name is not to be revealed, filed in a civil case against the producer of the series, together with…
British Paratroopers To Mark D-Day 70th Anniversary
One of the events, which is set for June 5 this year, will be a mass parachute jump and will be carried out by the…