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KAL-007 – The Boeing 747 Shot Down By Soviet Fighters Over International Waters

Excerpt provided by Randy Luethye, author of the newly released 2nd Edition of “The Cold War, KAL-007 & Communism: Intelligence Secrets Revealed.” It was the…

‘My own decisions’ Veteran served as Navy corpsman while assigned to Marine Corps in Japan

Enlisting in the Navy in 1951, California, Mo., resident Richard Schroeder went on to become a Navy corpsman attached to the United States Marine Corps…

The Belgian Fortress That Stopped The German Invaders For 11 Days In May 1940 – Fort Aubin-Neufchateau

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Fort d’Aubin-Neufchateau ASBL Fort Aubin-Neufchateau is just 10km from the massive fortress of Eben-Emael. While Eben-Emael…

See The Frozen Hell From Which The C-47 Crew Escaped – Yukon Crash Site Revisited Vol 2

In this Dakota Hunter Blog,  you will see some unique photos of the crashed USAF C-47, that went down over the Yukon in February 1950. …

Battle for the Western Empire – Emperor Constantine the Great

The Great Emperor Constantine’s victory at Milvian Bridge in AD 312 forever changed the path of Western civilization as we know it. by Ludwig Heinrich…

B-17 Flying Fortress launching Nazi V-1 Buzz Bombs and more odd post-war conversions

This Dakota Hunter Blog is about post-war tests with US built copies of the Nazi V-1 Buzz Bomb from a B-17 Flying Fortress plus loads…

USS Arizona: 1,177 Crying Tears

USS Arizona, a sunken warship, weeps black tears for her dead. And although the natural beauty of Oahu—lush vegetation, crystal water, and volcanic mountains—should be…

The Soviet T-34: The Lethal Tank that Won World War II

Although built in the Soviet era when military construction had top priority, the T-34 was an outstanding tank by any standards. Not only was it…

The Praetorian Guard: A Double-Edged Sword

By Ludwig Heinrich Dyck / ludwigheinrichdyck.wordpress.com The Praetorian Guard evolved from the bodyguard of the Republican army commander, the ‘consul’ whose original name waspraetor.  When Augustus…

This Transport Company Was Asked To Transport A Dakota, You Will Not Believe How They Crashed It…

In my previous Blogs Ghosts of the Gooney Bird, I showed pictures of crashed, lost and derelict Douglas C-47’s/ DC-3’s/ Dakotas. Most of them are…

‘An aged distinction’ Missouri farmer spent many years as area’s sole surviving Civil War veteran

By Jeremy P. Ämick With an estimated 2.75 millions soldiers fighting in the Civil War, there was little that could have distinguished Jefferson City, Mo.,…

President John F Kennedy’s DC-3 Gift To Mobutu Found Back In Congo, SOS For The Scrapper

Chaotic Start of the Congo State. Until 1960, the Congo was under Belgian Colonial rule. On June 30 of that year, a huge new Central African…