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The Man Who Escaped 200 Times From A Nazi PoW Camp To Visit His Lover

For some people, escaping a German prisoner of war camp once would be enough. The first time Horace Greasley did it, he was just getting…

Duplicate Dog Tags From The Second World War Bring Families Together

Sam Nusz was drafted into the US Army during World War II on March 22, 1941. On March 22, 1944, Nusz was shipped to 204th…

The Second Incarnation of HMS Iron Duke – Great Britain’s World War One Ultra-Battleship

Perhaps the Duke of Wellington, were he alive in 1914, would have objected to a second battleship again named after him when the first HMS…

The Remains of a World War Two Pilot Make It Home

The remains of Capt. Albert Schlegel arrived in Beaufort, Ga., March 27, 73 years after he disappeared in World War II, when his P-51 fighter…

Space Coast Honor Flight Lifts The Spirits of Veterans

“NCIS,” the highly-rated drama on CBS, gave its viewers a look into what Space Coast Honor Flight does every day. Bill Welser is the president…

Remembering The First World War – The War That Changed The World Forever

Despite the deaths of thousands in the First World War, and the disappearance of centuries’ old empires, the “war to end all wars’ was transformative.…

How Extraterrestrials Got Japanese-Americans Interned in 1942

Many believe that the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the direct result of Pearl Harbor. While true, there were two other factors involved –…

How Prize Thoroughbred Horses Were Rescued After Germany’s Surrender in WWII

In the last days of World War II, a secret operation was approved by General George Patton to rescue 500 of Europe’s finest thoroughbred horses.…

The Amazing Career of General Billy Mitchell, American Father of the Skies

David Herold

Some of the greatest, most memorable figures in America’s history are only given their due credit after their death. During their lifespan, they either go…

This WW1 VC Charged The Enemy Trenches Captured 6 Machine Guns and 100 Infantry

Horace Augustus Curtis wasn’t supposed to be a war hero. He was supposed to be a nobody who lived and died in relative poverty in…

William Hitler, Nephew of Adolf, Joined the US Navy to Fight The Nazis in WW2

Conspiracy theorists claim that a certain Hitler survived WWII, fled to Argentina or Brazil, and lived to a ripe old age. What utter nonsense. He…

Australia’s Pearl Harbor – The Bombing of Darwin By Hundreds of Japanse Aircraft

Colin Fraser

At 9:58 AM, February 19th, 1942, the humming drone of Japanese fighters and bombers was heard over Darwin, Australia. The residents, soldiers, and sailors of…