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When Cadets At The US Air Force Academy Realized Their Janitor Was Medal Of Honor War Hero

Jeff Edwards

Perhaps it was the way he carried himself in an unassuming and humble manner, but day after day hundreds of Air Force Academy cadets would…

The Ship’s Cook Who Took Over A .50-Caliber Machine Gun To Fight The Japanese At Pearl Harbor

Jeff Edwards

World War 2 will long be remembered as the epitome of total war, total gallantry, and total brutality. It spared none based on their ethnic…

The Real Fury: Patton’s Disastrous 1945 Raid to Rescue His Son-in-Law

In February 1943, the U.S. Army had its first major engagement with the forces of Nazi Germany, ending with their disastrous defeat at the Kasserine…

‘Scarface’ – The Elite Nazi Commando Who Hitler Sent To Rescue Mussolini

Otto Skorzeny was one of Germany’s finest commandos. An engineer by profession, he tried to volunteer for the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), in the year…

He Was The Last Japanese WWII Soldier To Surrender – in 1974

World War II ended in Europe on May 8, 1945. As for Southeast Asia and Oceania, peace only came several months later on September 2,…

The Battle of the Somme’s Place in History

On July 1, 1916, at 7:30 am, the British infantry began their advance toward the trenches of the Germans. For the first few hours, eight…

American WWII Veteran Who Crewed B-26 Bombers Turns 100 Years Old

George Brienza once took cover in a foxhole on an English airbase, escaping the German rockets flying overhead. He wondered then if he’d ever get…

Single-Seater Early Biplane is Being Born Again in Ithaca, New York

The ‘Tommy’ was a single seater bi-plane built by the Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation of Ithaca, New York. This plane was designed by B. Douglas Thomas, an Englishman,…

‘Last Shipwreck’ from Great World Was One Naval Battle of Jutland Located Near Norway

The remains of the British warship HMS Warrior — the final shipwreck from the Battle of Jutland during the First World War — has been…

Upcoming WW2 Movie Will Be Set On A Nazi-Occupied Island And Based On A Gripping True Story

The captivating true story of a widow who was murdered by the Nazis for assisting an escaped Russian prisoner during World War II war has…

A Striking Sculpture Left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC

Al Gallant, a volunteer guide at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, described the sculpture left one day a month ago by three people who appeared to…

Modern Navies Work Together To Clear Huge Unexploded Bombs From World War Two

50 unexploded bombs from WWII were recovered by divers in the Solomon Islands. One of the bombs weighed 250 pounds. In a post on the…