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The Real Story Behind The ‘Monuments Men’ Goes Far Deeper Than The Blockbuster Movie

Ian Harvey
Monuments Men

Put aside the twists, the plot, the cast and all the rest, the real story of the Monuments Men is far more complex than this…

Grand Slam Bomb Testing Site Exploration in New Forest

The search is on for the Grand Slam testing site, the bomb created by well known inventor Barnes Wallis during WWII known to be an…

WWII-Era Dambusters Squadron Fly Their Last Mission

January 30th, 2014, the Royal Air Force ran a story entitled “Final Flight of the Dambusters.” The RAF squadron was born for battle. The group…

Vietnam War POW Talks Of Seven Years Of ‘Hell’

Ian Harvey
POW

The Vietnam War vet, spoke about his military experiences last week during a meeting of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees at the DoubleTree…

Heinrich Himmler’s Personal Letters to be Published

Germany’s Die Welt wishes to publish Heinrich Himmler’s letters to his wife. Himmler’s letters to his wife were not just love letters, but they also…

The Time The U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over A Highjacked Spy Ship

Ian Harvey
Korea

The U.S.S. Pueblo was stationed on the coast off the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The reason why the boat was at that place at…

Lone Survivor, the Film that Divided America?

Lone Survivor, the reality-based movie about a Navy SEAL mission which went awry,premiered in US cinemas recently going headlong against The Wolf of Wall Street,…

Can Auschwitz Be Saved?

Ian Harvey
Auschwitz

Every person who has ever been to Auschwitz remembers the two tons of black and brown, blond, red, grey and white hair of those unfortunate…

How Did Soldiers In WWI Receive 12 Million Letters Every Week

Ian Harvey

In 1915, a soldier fighting on the Western Front wrote to a London newspaper requesting some mail, since he felt quite lonely.  He did not…

Mengele’s Passport Is Discovered by a San Diego Historian

The New York Daily News ran a story of Craig Gottlieb, a historian and a frequent contributor to the television show “Pawn Stars”. The historian…

Wyo. Woman Recovers Class Ring Lost In WWII B-17 Crash In South Pacific

Ian Harvey
South Pacific

The ring was given back to her during a ceremony organized at the American Legion Hall in Lander. Before it was lost, the ring was…

Korean war vets remains returned home–60 years after death

On January 17, 2014, Oklahoma’s Own shared the story of an Oklahoma family who has finally been reunited with the remains of their loved one.…