PFC Ahrens, found clutching a sword surrounded by 13 dead Japanese soldiers, his final words were “I guess they didn’t know I was a marine.”
PFC Edward Ahrens enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 3 February 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He underwent boot camp training at the Marine…
Memories from Battle of Okinawa – ‘Operation Iceberg’
Recording in his journal the days and nights leading up to the Battle of Okinawa, Lt. Col. William A. Kuretich described the weather, the mood…
President Putin equates rewriting WWII history with hiding Nazi crimes
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has said that recent attempts by some people at rewriting the history of World War II is no more than…
Japanese University Opens “Taboo” Exhibit: The Dissection Experiments of US POWs During WWII
A museum of a Japanese university recently opened up what is considered a “taboo” exhibit in the country — a display of the shocking live…
MIA: No man left behind? Two B-24 crash sites off the northern Italian Coast – By Bill Beigel
Two crews from the 449th Bomb Group were lost 13 months apart; one in January of 1944; the other in February of 1945. Both went…
WWII: Gunner fell 22,000 feet WITHOUT a parachute and survived
S/Sgt. Alan E. Magee poses for the camera, halfway into the tight confines of the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. [Via] Ranked among…
Moving Inscriptions Left by WWI Soldiers Discovered in French Tunnels
Moving inscriptions made by WWI soldiers were discovered recently by an archaeologist in a series of French tunnels while he was investigating these passageways’ medieval…
A WWII Paratrooper from the ‘Battle of Arnhem’ dies at the age of 90
A World War II paratrooper who took part in the Battle of Arnhem has recently died. He was 90. Philip Letchford was among those paratroopers…
Imber – ‘Ghost village’ of WWII
The former Seagrams Farm A small village in Wiltshire called Imber is famously known as the ‘Ghost village’ of the Second World War. During World…
10 Amazing pictures of Tinians MASSIVE B-29 Bases and one picture to make you cry!
After the battle for the Tinian island, which lasted from 24 July until 1 August 1944, the island became a very important base for Allied…
Bagpiper Millin: Some Germans who claimed to have seen him didn’t shoot because they believed he was crazy.
Bill Millin, aged 21, was considered to be unarmed on June 6th, 1944 as he jumped from the landing slope in Normandy on Sword Beach.…
Japanese historians challenge US publishers on the subject of ‘Comfort Women’
A group of historians from Japan is challenging the depiction, in US history textbooks, of women trafficked to Japanese military brothels during World War II.…