The WWII Seaman Who Survived Two Ship Sinkings
Walter “Irby” West, Jr., didn’t expect to be abandoning his ship in the Pacific during World War II just 10 months after surviving a sinking…
Did You Know? The Belgian Legion of the French Army
The “Belgian Legion” was a loose term defining the service of Belgian troops in the French Army. The involvement of Belgians in the French military…
Top Facts about the .50 Caliber Machine Gun
The quest for automatic weaponry has been around since the invention of the gun itself and war engineers have always tried their best to design…
From Jockey to Tunnel Rat – Viet Nam Vet Tells His Story
Standing only five foot tall in a line of thirty other young men, Kennith Ritchie waited for what everyone knew what was to come –…
Black Hawk Down – Powerful Footage of America’s Battle in Somalia
When Ridley Scott’s “Black Hawk Down” came out in 2001 it had all the features that make a great movie. As well as drama, tension…
Going At Mach 3+, The Amazing SR-71 Blackbird (Watch)
The United States Airforce developed an aircraft in the 1960s that was capable of flight more than three times faster than the sound coming from…
The WWII Pilot Who Flew His P-51 Through the Arches of Eiffel Tower
Since our childhood, stories of fighter pilots being awesome have always been the subject of our fantasies. But even the most valiant fighter pilots of…
WANT TO RIDE A TIGER? WIN A RIDE IN TIGER 131 AT TANKFEST 25-26 JUNE!
The Tank Museum are offering people the chance to ride in Tiger 131 at this year’s Tankfest event, 25-26 June. The Tiger 131, a formidable…
Prisoner on Infamous Death Railway in WWII Celebrates 100th Birthday
Frank Kerridge, a former infantryman in the British Army during World War II, turned 100 on March 29th. This centenarian was captured during the war…
Australia’s Buried and Then Forgotten Soldiers
The Australian governments from the 1920s broke a promise that led to many ex-soldiers being buried without any recognition at all. As another Anzac Day…
The Manhattan Project’s Hanford Site Yields Difficult Questions
A family took a road trip to the Pacific Northwest. It was a father, mother and six-year-old daughter that traveled to Seattle and the Canadian…
What You Should Know About The Sherman Tank: An American Workhorse
Strength in numbers. This is exactly what the M-4 Sherman tank was good at in its heyday. World War II saw the rise of the…