One of Last 3 Remaining Survivors of USS Arizona Passes Away
On February 15, one of the last three remaining sailors to survive the sinking of the USS Arizona passed away. Donald Stratton was 97 years…
Master Sgt. William H. Cox Kept Guard Over His Friend’s Casket, A Promise Made In A Bunker
The two men had met when they faced enemy fire in a bunker on Marble Mountain in Vietnam. In 2017 retired Marine Master Sgt. William…
The Crew – Review by Mark Barnes
There have been many great books devoted to the life of RAF Bomber Command in World War II and finding a device to cover what…
Shutter Island Movie, DiCaprio Character Was WWII Vet Suffering With PTSD
Shutter Island: Martin Scorsese is one of America’s foremost movie directors with awards including an Oscar for the film ‘The Departed’ made over ten years…
The Last Victor Can Be Yours for Free -YES FREE
Royal Air Force Station Marham (RAF Marham) is located in Norfolk, United Kingdom. The British RAF station opened in 1916 to protect the region from…
Stug III – Review by Mark Barnes
Stug III: Author Mark Healy produced one of the finest books in the Haynes catalogue with his T-34 manual which appeared a few years back.…
US WWII bombers Found After 76 Years in Truk Lagoon
Project Recover has once again found the wreckage of several US planes in Truk Lagoon that were lost during World War II and given the…
Al Pacino: Dirty Dozen-Style Squad to Rid the US of the Fourth Reich
Al Pacino: The family stories we hear growing up shape our choices later in life and for some these personal accounts can give fruit to…
For Sale: Your Chance to Own an Aviation Legend
During 1968, ‘Connie’ Edwards and additional members of the Confederate Air Force (as it was known then) visited Europe to purchase surplus military aviation (Warbirds),…
Baseball star turned broadcaster Joe Garagiola served with U.S. Army in WWII
History is full of examples of overlaps in major league baseball and military service. From Stan “the Man” Musial’s naval service in WWII followed by…
“Missing” – Review by Mark Barnes
It is to my constant regret that I didn’t begin my pilgrimage to the Great War battlefields until a few years into this century. That…
All the Mayhem in Sam Mendes’ 1917 is Real, Not CGI
It turns out the amazing battle scenes in Sam Mendes’ film 1917 were so realistic because they were mostly real. The actors in the movie…