Rare WWII “disappearing pillbox” discovered at Evanton
A rare World War II pillbox that could “disappear” was discovered at what once was a former military airfield in the Highlands. The Pickett-Hamilton fort…
71 Years After WWII, Flight Sergent Is Finally Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
The SBS Flight Sergent Ken Wright should have been promoted to Flight Lieutenant; however, for a number of bureaucratic reasons–and he was shot down over…
Battle of the Bulge Still Frozen In Time
The American units were preparing for the worst; digging underground shelters, finding places where to sleep, where they could just escape from the cold and…
Berlin Zoo Goes Head On with Dark Nazi Past
After over seven decades since the time Berlin Zoo forced its Jewish stockholders out, the institution decided to face its dark Nazi past head on…
Owner Of The Lost 100-year-old Teddy Bear Was Killed In Baghdad In WWI
The bear with one eye and one floppy ear, was found abandoned at Bristol Airport, in a bag together with a black and white photograph…
Battle of the Bulge: The 69th Anniversary
Every year in mid-December, WWII veterans and ambassadors from Belgium and Luxembourg, gather at Arlington National Cemetery to honor the 19,000 American Soldiers fallen during…
WWII PT305 To Be Restored In New Orleans
The boat was built at Higgins Industries in 1943 and measures 78 feet. According to Bruce Harris, director of the restoration, the boat was acquired…
Did the Nazis steal the Mona Lisa?
Over a century ago, Vincenzo Peruggia, an amateur Italian painter became responsible for the most famous act of theft. In 1911, Peruggia succeeded in stealing…
Longtime photojournalist Fred Waters dies at 86
Fred Waters was a longtime Associated Press photographer. Since 1952, he recorded historical events from the Korean and Vietnam wars to the construction of the…
Glider Infantryman Survived Operation Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge
Carlson, the youngest of four children, grew up in Garwood, N.J. where he lived with his Swedish immigrant parents. Before the start of the war,…
Long-lost diary of top Nazi Alfred Rosenberg finally recovered and turned over to Holocaust museum
Alfred Rosenberg was a Nazi before Adolf Hitler became one. He later on served as the Nazi’s interim leader. He is also a known author…