AMERICANS ON D-DAY – Review by Mark Barnes
This one landed on my doormat a bit late for the anniversary events but 2014 remains very a much a D-Day year despite similar commemorations…
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…
EMBERS OF WAR – Review by Mark Barnes
In June 1919 when the victorious powers met at Versailles to flay the defeated Central Powers other stuff was going on that would have ramifications…
POZOR! – Review by Mark Barnes
Don’t panic dear reader; you haven’t inadvertently stumbled on a classic car site in error. This book may only contain a modicum of images of…
Guarding Hitler – Review by Phil Hodges
I Was Hitler’s Secretary. I Was Hitler’s Boss. The Jew Who Defeated Hitler. Chocolate Cake With Hitler. Hitler’s Table Talk. Some of these sound absurd,…
LIBERTY ROADS – Review by Mark Barnes
Warning! Don’t buy this book on the assumption it has lots of fantastic photographs – it has. Don’t buy it on the breezy notion you…
LEAD SHOT – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
“The core of this book is an intensive analysis of 1,800 projectiles that were fired in practice in a Northamptonshire deer park during the English…
Forts And Fortifications – Review by Phil Hodges
Like the title suggests, this wasn’t a book to be read in your lunch break This was to be no quick read but was specialist…
WORLDS GREATEST TANKS – Review by Mark Barnes
This is a brave book if ever there was one. How often have you been challenged to nominate a greatest this or that by your…
‘Over there’ – Missouri home to the National World War I Museum
This is an article about the National World War I Museum located in Kansas City, Mo. On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war…
NORMANDY BATTLEFIELDS – Review by Mark Barnes
I was very keen to see this book when it appeared in the bumph Casemate routinely send to me and I am not disappointed. The…
Join the Navy, see the world
Lee Obermiller enlisted in Navy nurse program in search of adventure By Jeremy P. Amick Born in 1927, Jefferson City, Mo., resident Leona (Fisher) Obermiller…