‘Where history assembled’ Marine veteran treated by medic who helped raise flag on Iwo Jima
By Jeremy P. Amick When John Scheperle joined the Marine Corps during World War II, he was following in the footsteps of an older brother…
Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part II
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an extract from his book The Liberator You…
Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part I
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an extract from his book The Liberator …
FOR SALE, this War Relic C-47 Dakota and the book The Dakota Hunter – By Hans Wiesman
FOR SALE, this War Relic C-47 Dakota (not in flying condition, but in smaller framed skin panels for wall decoration) and the book The Dakota…
Dan Snow: Second Battle of Ypres – The Dawn of Chemical Warfare
100 years ago this week my great grandfather was serving in the Ypres Salient. On 22 April at 5pm he noticed, ‘a whitish blue mist…
‘Quite a few miles’ Navy veteran served in Europe and the Pacific during World War II
Many stories of a World War II veteran’s service involve receipt of the notorious draft letter, travel to a basic training site, and then an…
Aussie 7th Div. drives Japanese into Borneo Jungle, welcomed by head hunting Dayak Tribes – by Hans Wiesman
By 1944, Nippon’s Imperial Navy was desperately fighting to stop the Allied Naval Forces in their island hopping swarming about to the North. The Indonesian…
‘The most intact U-boat wreck I’ve ever seen’ U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney – The Discovery of U778
German submarine U-778 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II. She only completed one combat patrol and sank…
‘Shoot and scoot’ Local veteran shares story of tank rescue during World War II
By Jeremy P. Ämick America seems to have an insatiable appetite for war movies as evidenced by the recent release of military films such as…
U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney: The Discovery of U1003
U-1003 escaped an attack by a 120 Squadron Liberator on 20 March 1945 but was rammed at periscope depth on the next evening by the…
Nippon’s desperate final secret weapon to stop US Navy invasion: The near-sonic rocket propelled Kamikaze Bomb Ohka. – By Hans Wiesman
Japan’s Imperial Navy developed in 1944 in all secrecy the Yokosuka MXY-7 Suicide Plane ‘Ohka’ with a large high explosives war head. It was a…
‘A missile crisis’ Veteran discusses Cold War experience at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
By Jeremy P. Amick The 1960s was a decade seasoned with many unique cultural events including the civil rights movement and the deployment of thousands…