Navy Launches Another $4.24 Billion Destroyer
The U.S. Navy announced the recent launch of the final Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Maine. It is the…
Royal Fail At the Royal Mail: “Best of British” Stamp Collection Confusing D-Day Beaches With Indonesia
In a modern world of instant, online messages and swift, online criticism, it didn’t take long for folks to notice the giant gaffe made by…
US Marine’s Remains Identified 77 Years After He Was Killed at Pearl Harbor
US Marine Jack Cremean was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was providing security on the USS Oklahoma when…
USA’s Oldest WWII Veteran Richard Overton Dies at 112
On May 3rd, 2016, a week before his 110th birthday, Richard Overton became the USA’s oldest living WWII veteran. The 112-year-old African-American veteran was hospitalized…
WW2 Continues: Bombs & Mines Threaten Safety of People in Estonia
Even when wars end and gunfire is silenced, their reverberations carry on for years, sometimes for decades. Conflicts like World War II leave scars that…
Man Arrested for Using Civil War Cannon in Neighbor Dispute – Like One Does
In this heavily populated world where much of the human population lives cheek by jowl in cities, it is not uncommon to find a neighbor…
Loose Change Nearly Cost Him His Life – But It Saved Him
Optatius Buyssens was on a reconnaissance mission near the Belgian town of Lebbeke in September 1914. The sound of loose change in his pocket attracted…
The Pinks & Greens Are Back: US Army Announces New Uniforms Based On Iconic WWII Design
On Veterans Day, the US Army made the announcement that they are returning to a uniform it issued during World War II. The uniform, then…
WWI: Herbert Hoover Saved Just Over Nine Million People From Starving
When imagining the ravages of World War I, it is easy to focus on the more than nine million soldiers who perished world wide. It…
Tuskegee Airman to be Returned to Arlington National Cemetery USA
On December 23rd, 1944, twenty-four-year-old Tuskegee Airman Lawrence Dickson took off in his Mustang P-51 on a reconnaissance mission over the Austro-Italian border. On his…
USA’s Oldest Living WWII Veteran Hospitalized With Pneumonia But Should be Out Soon
World War II veteran Richard Overton, the third oldest person in the world at 112 years old, has been hospitalized with pneumonia. However, a family…
This Guy Really Was a One Man Army, The Germans in His Way Didn’t Last Long
Countless heroic tales have gone unrecognized from the periods of warfare which have formed part of the United States’ history. Many heroes would for several…