‘A job to do’ – Army veteran discusses WWII service in North Africa and Italy
By Jeremy P. Amick When Forest Clark began working at the former Tweedie Footwear Corporation in Jefferson City, Mo., in December 1941, the United States’…
Milne Bay – The first Japanese Land Defeat of the Second World War
Reprinted with permission from Australian Bunker and Military Museum Milne Bay is located on the south-eastern tip of Papua. Before World War II, most of the area’s…
The Friendly Invasion Returns to Suffolk: Welcoming Home Two Men of The Mighty Eighth
Often, my father frustratingly reflects on his 17 year stint in the office of a sugar beet factory through the realisation that almost every man…
WHAT?! Sniper who Killed a Taliban Machine Gunner from 8,120 feet away, Then The Assistant & Then Shot the MG to Put it Out of Action
A corporal of the Horse and a member of the elite British Household Cavalry unit holds the record for achieving the longest kill shot ever…
Operation Market Garden September 23rd, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Arnhem A StuG, sell propelled gun in Oosterbeek The Airbornes are hard pressed around…
Major Cain, The One Man Tank Destroyer Who Received a VC At Arnhem
Major Robert Cain was awarded the Victoria Cross in the battle for Arnhem. He was the sole recipient, out of the five Victoria Crosses awarded during…
Operation Market Garden – September 22nd, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Oosterbeek Men of “C” Company, the 1st Border, on the Van Lennepweg, 21st…
September 20th 1944 – The Heroic Waal River Crossing
This official After Action Reports start in the morning of September 20th, 1944, the 3rd day of Operation Market Garden and the bridges across the…
Operation Market Garden – September 20th, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Nijmegen A still from a Bridge Too Far At Nijmegen the combined efforts…
Operation Market Garden – September 18th, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Eindhoven The 502nd PIR is caught up in heavy fighting at Best where they try…
Australia’s WWII Lend Lease program
On 10 January 1941, Draft H.R. 1776 – the “Lend Lease Bill” was presented to the United States Congress. Under the proposed act, the President…
‘Adventures never forgotten’ Veteran discusses naval training, Central Missouri Honor Flight
By Jeremy P. Ämick Prior to his 17th birthday, Bobby George had set his mind upon embarking on an adventure; he then approached his father…