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‘How Good We’ve Got It’ – Wardsville Veteran Shares Story Of Service During Vietnam War

Wardsville veteran

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star…

Today 75 years ago the British Bombed the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir

Unable to stop the German advance in Europe, British soldiers fled through the Port of Dunkirk with French help. Weeks later, the British thanked their…

7 Of The Most Daring Raids of WWII

Joris Nieuwint

Desperate times call for desperate measures, high risk commando and paratrooper mission were conceived and executed. Not all were successful but the skill and bravery…

Hells Highway – 101st Airborne Market Garden Battles South of Veghel (Part 2)

Operation Market Garden, it is September 24th 1944 and we are in the 6th day of the ill fated operation. Earlier that day the Germans…

‘We were inseparable’ Missouri Marine killed in Vietnam remembered by friends and family

Missouri Marine

By Jeremy P. Amick Though many decades have passed since Corporal John Allen Campbell lost his life while serving with the Marine Corps in Vietnam,…

Brecourt Manor – The Famous Band of Brothers battle – From the Air!

The famous attack on the German Artillery Guns at the Brécourt Manor by Easy Company was immortalized in the series Band of Brothers. Now, see the whole location…

‘Restoring a memory’ Civil War soldier receives memorial headstone 141 years after death

Civil War

By Jeremy P. Ämick As noted in the book “Germans in the Civil War” by Walter Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich, German Americans made up one…

America’s First Victory Against the German Army Was 97 Years Ago Today

By Matthew J. Davenport, author of First Over There:The Attack on Cantigny, America’s First Battle of World War I (St. Martin’s Press, released May 12,…

‘We owe the country’ Father’s influence inspires veteran to give back through military service

military service

By Jeremy P. Ämick As a first-generation citizen of the United States, Jefferson City, Mo., resident Anastasios “Alex” Alexiou possesses a sincere appreciation not only…

Wreckage from a B-24H “Flying Coffin” Liberator found in Italy

Ovidiu Popa

Image Courtesy of Wikipedia After 70 years a forgotten story about death and survival is brought to light. The remains of a US plane from…

A Rangers Tale of Landing on Bloody Omaha

Ovidiu Popa

Image Courtesy of Wikipedia On the morning of June 6th, 1944 the military collapse of the Germans in western Europe began, marking a milestone in Europe’s history.…

World War II: The chocolate’s role in obtaining the victory

Ovidiu Popa

Image Courtesy of Wikipedia More than 70 years from ago, the Allied troops landed on the beached of Normandy during Operation Overlord. We all know…