Ian Harvey

Ian Harvey is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Ian Harvey:

The Tragic Tale of the USS Indianapolis

The USS Indianapolis was a Portand-class heavy cruiser in the US Navy during World War II. It was sank by the Japanese after completing a…

Group of Volunteers Working to Restore Historic Skymaster Plane

A group of volunteers is working to save a Douglas C-54 Skymaster military plane from the scrap heap but COVID and lack of funding threaten…

One of the Last WWII “ATA-Girls” Dies at Age 103

Eleanor Wadsworth passed away at the age of 103. She was one of the last remaining members of the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). Members…

Tuskegee Airmen Veteran, Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin Dies Aged 100

Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin Jr., a member of the world-famous Tuskegee Airmen, passed away on the day after Christmas in 2020, a few days before his…

America To Study UFO Sightings

The legislation also contained a tucked-away clause called the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA). It refers to aircraft flying through space unidentified – UFOs, as commonly…

Sword stolen from a statue is returned 40 years after the theft

Cindy P. Gaylord, head of the Historical Commission in Westfield, Massachusetts, was astounded when she was approached to take back a sword stolen from the…

Soviet Double Agent George Blake Dies at Age 98

George Blake passed away at the age of 98 in Russia. Blake is known for being a British agent in the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)…

Seven Fishermen Blown Out of Water by a UXB

A crew of crab fishermen were nearly killed when an explosion expected to be from a WWII bomb lifted their 42-foot vessel, the Galwad-Y-Mor, out…

Only Memorial to Anne Frank in the US Vandalized by Morons

The Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise, Idaho, was vandalized with  swastikas early morning on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. Nine stickers with swastikas and…

US Coast Guard to Send Icebreaker to Arctic for National Security

The US Coast Guard’s only long-range icebreaker, the Polar Star, would typically head to the Antarctic to help with the resupply of the McMurdo Station.…

100 year old ‘Flying Tiger’ Harry Moyer Still Flies Every Week

If you are a healthy, vibrant World War II veteran pilot, how would you choose to spend your 100th Birthday? Harry Moyer is just such…

Falkland Islands Declared Mine-Free After 10-year Effort, Four Decades After End Of War

Compared to the inconveniences that plague the average beachgoer – overcast skies, sand flies, or jellyfish, to name a few – the problems faced by…