In Memory of Joseph “Joe” Gomer, Minnesota’s Last Tuskegee Airman (1920-2013)
Duluth, Minnesota – Joseph Philip Gomer, Minnesota’s last surviving Tuskegee Airman already passed away at the ripe age of 93. He died last October 10…
WWI Trenches Revived for Upcoming Great War’s Centenary
August 4, 2014 will mark the 100th year of World War I’s beginning. As part of the Great War’s centenary event, trenches which were used…
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and ‘127 Hours’ Team To Make WWII Miniseries about the Heroes of Telemark!
The team who made Oscar-winning ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and ‘127 Hours’ are bent on making their first TV project – a World War II miniseries set…
The Crash of the only flyable Lockheed P-38 Lightning in Europe – July 15 1996
The only Lockheed P-38 Lightning that was flyable in Europe was completely destroyed when it crashed at Duxford Airfield near Cambridge, England. The crash occurred…
US Returns Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp Wooden Barracks to Poland
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is giving back an Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp wooden barracks to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland after being part of the former’s…
Oldest Living Medal of Honor Recipient Died at 96
96-year-old Nicholas Oresko, oldest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, passed away at the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center last October 4, Friday. The World…
Wargaming donate £75,00 to the Dornier bomber restoration project
The severely damaged German Dornier Do17 Bomber, recovered last June, will soon get a major makeover, thanks to the collaboration of game developer Wargaming and…
Medals: Living Story Books of Anonymous War Heroes
When others collect real automobiles – vintage or new – or remote-controlled cars and other toys or even comic books, Alex Coulson collects First World…
Finding Nazi Gold Through a Musical Score: Truth or Hoax?
Recent weeks have flung the sleepy Bavarian town Mittenwald in a flurry of diggings – scenes that bring into mind George Lucas’ films Indiana Jones. The…
WWII and Monopoly, how it helped captured Airmen escape!
The board game called Monopoly had really come a long way since it was first mass-produced in America in 1934. The game is basically…
D-Day Dummy found in a Garden Shed
One woman was going and cleaning through her grandparents’ belongings in a garden shed when she chanced upon a rare find – a parachute…