Found – Battle of Britain Hero, Thought Missing, Is Alive and Well in Ireland
Battle of Britain pilot John Hemingway was a hero of the Battle of Britain in World War II. He is one of the ‘Few’, as…
Operation Market Garden, the Failed Operation May Have Done More Harm than Good
The Germans had occupied the Netherlands for four years before Allied forces drove them back to their home country. The retreat triggered a wave of…
Viet Nam Veterans Win Again with Memorial
Forty-two names mark the Vietnam War Monument at the Maui Veterans Cemetery. These names commemorate the sacrifice of the soldiers who died in the Vietnam…
Closed: The USS Arizona Memorial is Taken Out of Commission
The USS Arizona exhibit at Pearl Harbor is closed down. The World War Two Valor in the Pacific exhibit welcomes millions a visitors a year.…
The Japanese Navy Scores a Decisive Victory
One hundred and thirteen years ago, the Imperial Japanese and Russian Navies squared off in the Battle of Tsushima. The Russians were looking for a…
From The 1967 Six Day War To Present Day – Peace Is Still Elusive In The Middle East
In 1967, the Six Day War from June 5th to June 10th may have been the shortest war yet seen. It involved the countries of…
The Fight Against German U-boats: New Book by Coastal Command Pilot
A new book authored by Jack and Richard Colman provides details of the work of the Coastal Command as they hunted German U-boats during World War II.…
Silent Hunters in Blue Waters – German U-Boats in the Caribbean
One objective of the Nazi’s strategic plan for dealing with supply ships coming from the United States was to sow fear and panic among the…
Operation Market Garden: Almost 74 years after his loss, a part of Humphrey has returned home – his 82nd AB Jumpboots
Second Lt. Frederick G. Humphrey was killed in action during Operation Market Garden in World War II. He left behind some letters, a few photographs, and…
WWII Vet Does “No Regrets Tour” of All 50 States
Sidney Walton, a globe-trotting ninety-year-old and veteran of the Second World War, has only one regret: that he didn’t jump at the opportunity, in 1940,…
Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On April 19, 1943, a small group of young Jews began an act of defiance against their Nazi oppressors. They had been forced into the…
Operation Ranch Hand: The US Military’s Devastating Chemical Warfare Campaign During the Vietnam War
Beginning in 1962 and continuing until ’71, the US military, under the approval of President John F. Kennedy, sprayed well over 19 million gallons of…