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WWII Hero Saved Flag from Kamikaze Attacks

Bill Kelly keeps a photograph in his room at the Claremont Center nursing home where he lives. The picture is of him in a football…

Missing B-24 Bomber Discovered By Project Recover In Hansa Bay Off Papua New Guinea

Latest find ends years-long search for “Heaven Can Wait” aircraft shot down in 1944 battle and associated with 11 American MIAs May 22, 2018 –…

The Battle of Long Tan: 1500 Strong VC and NVA Force Ambushed 108 Australians – And Lost

During the Vietnam War, 108 Australian soldiers stood against some 1,500 to 2,500 Vietnamese forces near the village of Long Tan. When the battle was…

Illuminating experience – U.S. Army veteran went on to serve with 1st Marine Division in Vietnam War

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 Families…

WW1: German Spies Blew Up 100,000 Pounds of TNT in New Jersey And Damaged The Statue Of Liberty

The first terrorist attack on US soil happened when Germany attacked New Jersey in 1916 – an event which became known as the Black Tom…

Genocide And War Crimes – The Worst Japanese Massacres of WWII

The Japanese Army during World War II committed many crimes against humanity that were ordered by the government and high command. In the Japanese equivalent…

Corsair Fleet: The Brave Civilians Who Took On German U-Boats to Protect the US Coastline

German U-boat at sea

While many know the story of the “Little Ships of Dunkirk,” Great Britain wasn’t the only nation to call upon every day citizens to come…

Wacko: When An American Submarine Took Out a Japanese Troop Train & Much More in the Pacific in WW2

Greg Jackson

On the 22nd of January, 1945, 30 Japanese merchant ships sat in Namkwan Harbor, in Southern China. They felt safe in their well-defended home, surrounded…

Over 1 Million pounds of Explosives Remain From The Mines At Messines- 20 Detonated, 5 Remain

Jack Beckett

In 1917, the world was engulfed in war. For the first time, the economics of industry had been applied to warfare on a huge scale.…

Meyer Lansky – The American Jewish Mobster Who Hunted Down Nazi Sympathizers And Secured New York Harbor

When the phrase “organized crime” is muttered, it’s easy to conjure up images of the bright lights, spinning slot machines, or the card tables of…

The Heroic US Coast Guard Who Gave His Life To Save His Shipmates During A Desperate Rescue In WW2

US Coast Guard Cutter Comanche left Boston in January 1943. She made contact with her convoy on the 29th and proceeded as scheduled. It was…

Hit By Shrapnel Which Almost Tears Off His Arm, Pries His Own Grenade From Now Useless Hand And Throws It At The Enemy

Jeff Edwards

Senator Daniel Inouye served in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012.  At the time of his death, he was America’s…