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South Philly street named after war vet Bill Guarnere

World War Two veteran Bill Guarnere, whose story was told in the television series, ‘Band of Brothers’, has now had a street named after him…

Incredible Taliban Hostage Rescue Mission Earns Navy SEAL the Medal of Honor

Without a doubt, gallant actions in combat have not only been lost to the passage of time but to the secrecy of those who fight…

To Throw His Grenade He Crawled To Within 5 Meters of Taliban Sniper When He Was Hit By A Bullet And Killed By His Own Grenade, Awarded VC

Not all war stories have a happy ending and, in fact, one might make the case that most do not. This is ever truer when…

Vietnam MIAs Accounted for and Returned to their Hometowns

It’s been 40 years since the end of the Vietnam War, but there are still over 1,500 men who served there whose bodies remain unaccounted…

German WWI Submarine, U-31, Found in North Sea

The team from ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) were hard at work with their partner Vattenfall on a two-year project scanning 6000 square kilometres of the seafloor…

Ox & Bucks World War Two Veteran Seeks Family Of Best Friend Who Was Killed In Normandy

Stock image of soldiers moving inland on Sword Beach Bill Adams is a World War Two veteran and has been searching for the family of…

Ellport World War Two veteran recalls his Pacific tour

An Ellport, Pennsylvania, local and World War Two veteran has told his story of being part of General MacArthur’s Sixth Army in the Pacific theatre…

Watch! First Glimpse of American Civil War Film “The Free State of Jones”

Let’s take a look at the recently released first trailer of the American Civil War movie The Free State of Jones, inspired from true events.…

What To Do With The Recovered Graf Spee Statue?

The sinking of the Graf Spee, the Nazi warship made famous by the wartime movie Battle of the River Plate, is a cause for further…

Top 10 Movie Snipers

A sniper is a skilled marksman whose job is to shoot someone from afar without hitting anyone (or anything) else. But it’s not just about…

A Drone Flew Over Auschwitz, What It Recorded Will Chill You to the Bone

This chilling drone video was shot by the BBC and shows the enormity of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as it is today – over 70…

Saving Private Ryan: 21 facts you didn’t know? Mel Gibson was considered for Capt Miller…seriously!!!!

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 film set during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom…