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Wanted By The Dakota Hunter: Douglas DC-3/C-47 For New Military Museum; Static or Flying!

We present this guest blog by author and Blogger Hans Wiesman! The Dakota Hunter is overseeing the procurement of two vintage aircraft for purchase by a…

Aid For US WW2 Veterans Who Were Exposed to Mustard Gas In Experiments

Current Missouri senator Claire McCaskill is planning to put forth legislation to help veterans of World War II who were exposed to mustard gas. These…

Museum Finds WWII Cutting Edge Technology in Containers

The Commemorative Air Force, a museum that preserves military history in Dallas, Texas, recently came into possession of two large metal drums. They were donated…

Cold War Secret of the Military Manned Space Laboratory Revealed

Recent American government documents have been released that discuss the details of a secret Cold War project called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). This project…

The Evacuation of Dunkirk, The Evacuation That Kept Britain’s Hopes Of Victory Alive

The events of May and early June 1940 were equal parts disaster and Miracle. For France, it was a complete disaster – a total military defeat by…

WWII Veteran Receives Letter He Wrote His Girlfriend 70 Years Ago

Don McCabe is a 90-year-old World War II veteran of the US Navy. Recently, he received a letter. One that was written by him over…

The Highway Of Death – First Gulf War

Ian Harvey

The Kuwait – Iraq highways, including highway 80 and highway 8 are the direct road routes connecting these two Middle Eastern countries are huge highways,…

Bavaria Criticized For Laziness Regarding Stolen Art

Bavaria’s minister of culture recently acknowledged artworks entrusted to it stolen from Jews by the Third Reich, were sold back to the descendants of Nazi…

Consternation In Germany After An Abandoned Nazi Resort Becomes A Desired Upscale Destination

Very few of the areas and buildings patterned after ancient Rome commissioned by Adolf Hitler remained in Germany. The country has struggled for years to…

British Soldiers In Trouble – Royal Artillery Stuck In Soft Mud During Beach Landing (Watch)

These Soldiers from 40 Regiment Royal Artillery do not have the best day of their lives, coming in nice and cool on their assault landing boat they…

10 Facts: Five Star American World War Two General Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur, born on 26 January 1880 was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of…

Historic WWII Landing Ship Tank visits Vicksburg

Vicksburg is honored to have a venerable old lady, in the form of WWII tank landing ship, LST 325, placed in the dock. This fully functioning…