Memorial for Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole: The Last of the Doolittle Raiders.
In April 2019 the last link to the fabled Doolittle Raiders from WWII was severed with the death of Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Dick Cole, who…
Lost Holocaust Victims Discovered in Brest
Brest’s Jewish community is seeking to have the site turned into the city’s second Holocaust memorial, a proposal supported by the international community. Soldiers in…
Soldiers Without Guns: A New Approach to Peacekeeping
The New Zealand army had developed a strong Maori culture since the First World War, so they drew on the culture’s musical nature. Haka And…
Plan Z: The End of the Kriegsmarine in WWII
Dönitz had long believed that too many resources were spent on the surface fleet to the detriment of the submarine fleet, but even he balked…
Battle of Britain Hurricane Rises From its Muddy Grave
On August 26, 1940 Hemingway bailed out of his Hurricane at 17,000 feet, with the plane burrowing itself into 30 feet of mud near the…
WWII Vet Plans to Run for 5 Years, Raising Funds for LST-325
Andrus says he plans to run for five years, an average of 13 miles per week. He says that if anything prevents him from completing…
The VC Sergeant: He Charged the Enemy Armed Only With a Pocket Full of Grenades
“It is entirely fitting and in keeping with his wishes that our family should inter his ashes at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea,…
Ancient Monument Reveals Secrets of History-Changing Battle
The timbers would have been unusually massive to fit the dimensions of the battering rams, and it is possible that some of the ships were…
Fury Over Jane Fonda’s Nomination to National Women’s Hall of Fame
In 2018, Fonda apologized for her actions in a documentary titled Jane Fonda in Five Acts. She said that she was sorry for her thoughtless…
The Students who Found a B-24 in 1,640 Feet of Water!
They were delighted to find the image of an aircraft wing and propeller lying in 50 feet of water a few hundred meters from what…
US Man Arrested for Attempting to Steal From Auschwitz Holocaust Memorial
Just last year, a teenager from Israel received a fine for urinating on a Holocaust memorial at the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum. A tourist visiting the Auschwitz…
A Giant of History: Dick Cole, Last of the Doolittle Raiders, Dies at 103
The last surviving participant in one of World War II’s most daring air raids passed away Tuesday at the age of 103 years old. Richard…