Higher intervention
Army veteran shares story of service in the Pacific during WWII By Jeremy P. Ämick When Brooks Nicklas graduated from a high school in Bernice,…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 6 – By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes relives his climb from Anzac to Lone Pine via Plugge’s Plateau Within two hours of getting ashore on the 25th of April the…
‘A battle here … a battle there’
World War II veteran shares story as gunner aboard M-18 “Hellcat” By Jeremy P. Ämick “The World War II folks are getting pretty scarce,” said…
‘A very impressive memorial’
French village provides backdrop for Missouri WWI memorial More than 4,500 miles from Mid-Missouri near the village of Cheppy, France, sits a memorial dedicated to…
Purple Heart legacy
Vietnam War service earns local veteran two Purple Heart medals By Jeremy P. Amick A son often follows in the footsteps of his father, whether…
WW II B-17 Survival Story – Virtually cut in half by a mid air collision with a German Fighter it got the crew home!
On February 1, 1943, there was a collision in mid-air between a B-17 bomber and a German fighter plane over the Tunis dock area in…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 5 By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes arrives at Anzac Cove. There is little doubt that Anzac is the place most people identify with the Gallipoli campaign. Many accounts suggest…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 4 – By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his adventures in Turkey beginning with a look at the remains of a French artillery position just inland from Cape Helles. A…
History beneath the stone
Piecing together the legacy of Civil War veteran’s military service By Jeremy P. Amick West of Russellville, Mo., comfortably flanked by a handful of homes…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 3 – by Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his Dardanelles travelogue. We have already seen the carnage on ‘V’ Beach but misfortune was not exclusive to that short strip of…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 2 by Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his tour of Gallipoli with a visit to Seddulbahir, the scene of the tragic landing on ‘V’ Beach by the British 29th…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes takes us on a tour of the Gallipoli battlefield, the scene of a great victory for Turkey during the Great War. Eleven long…