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For Sale: Sherman M4A1 “Grizzly”

The Sherman M4 is one of the most famous and brilliant combat tanks of the Second World War. Succeeding the M3 from 1941, it was…

Hero Dick Winters: New Book Explores the Life, Letters & Artifacts of the Legend

Major Dick Winters endures as an iconic figure of the American experience during the Second World War. Representative of countless officers who exerted confidence and…

Japanese Court Recognizes Victims of ‘Black Rain’ as Atomic Bomb Survivors

Ian Harvey

75 years after the Hiroshima atomic attack, victims of the so-called ‘black rain’ have been given relief by the Japanese courts to claim medical benefits.…

Fantastic News! Wheatcroft Collection’s S130 – The Last Survivor Has New Home

PRESS RELEASE – THE WHEATCROFT COLLECTION ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE ACQUIRED THE HISTORIC RICHMOND DRY DOCK, WHICH WILL BECOME THE PERMANENT HOME…

19th Century Former Marine Hospital in Galena, Illinois Up for Sale

Galena’s Marine Hospital is up for sale. This fascinating and unusual structure has a long history and prestigious associations. Located off road within Galena city…

Remains of Missing Marine from WWII Returning Home for Burial

Ian Harvey

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has announced that the remains of Marine Sgt. George R. Reeser have been identified and are being returned to…

Survivor Wants Compensation From Germany for Rail Journeys to the Camps

Ian Harvey

Salo Muller is following up last year’s successful campaign to get compensation from the Dutch railway for its part in the Holocaust by filing a…

Whisky from Famed Shipwreck for Sale at Auction

On February 3, 1941, the SS Politician left port in Liverpool, England, on its way to Jamaica and New Orleans with 260,000 bottles of whisky…

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Sets Sail for her Inaugural Deployment

Ian Harvey

On Monday 27th July 2020, the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams set sail from Naval Station Norfolk to Africa on her inaugural deployment. The USS Hershel…

France to Rename Streets After African WW2 Heroes

Ian Harvey

Operation Dragoon was launched in Provence, Southern France just two months after Operation Overlord in Normandy, in August 1944. The controversial invasion, argued against by…

Korean War Vet Graduates High School at age 87

Ian Harvey

In 1952 Ed Saunders dropped out of school to join the United States Air force and train as a pilot. Now, sixty-eight years later, he…

US Senate Passes Agent Orange bill to Extend VA Benefits

The US Senate has approved by 94 votes to 6 to amend the defense policy bill to include hypothyroidism, Parkinsonism, and bladder cancer to the…