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Beaumont Holds A Ceremony to Show Its Appreciation for Vietnam War Veterans

David Law worked as a machinist in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He worked in the engine room on two different ships. Now 70…

American World War Two Veterans Receive Important French Honors

Stanley Simon and Dale Bottoms were both in France on June 6, 1944. They shared the same goal, to liberate France from German occupation. Simon…

This American World War Two Veteran Had A Long Life of Service to His Country

Frederick B. Lacey passed away at the age of 96 recently in Naples, Florida.  He served the US as a naval officer, a federal prosecutor,…

Remains of Heroic WWII Medic From Omaha Could Finally Return Home

There is a chance Nebraskan Hymie Epstein may arrive home over 70 years after he was killed during the Second World War in Papua New…

A Few Tickets Left – See The Star of Brad Pitt’s ‘Fury’ – Tiger 131 Set To Make Arena Outing – TIGER DAY 29 April

Tiger 131, one of the stars of Brad Pitt’s Second World War blockbuster ‘Fury’, will make one of its two yearly outings to be seen…

Hunting For Secret World War Two Bunkers In Australia

Charles Tennyson is looking for a bunker in a haystack, so to speak. At Port Stephens in Australia’s New South Wales Hunter region, Tennyson has…

Commemorative WWII Japanese Flag Unites Veterans and Their Families

The Japanese flag Cindy Brode has at home has been around the world and across the country, through war and peace. There are names written…

A Sailor Who Served On The USS Oklahoma In World War II Has Been Identified

Full military honors were accorded to the remains of a missing Second World War U.S. serviceman following identification after being returned to his family for internment,…

So Cool – A Video Tour Of the B-17 Flying Fortress: Sally B

If you haven’t already, meet the mighty Sally B. – Charity ambassador, movie star, flying memorial, survivor. Join War History Online for an intimate view…

“What we went through” – James Belshe, WWII Veteran Earns Purple Heart for Injury Sustained in the Philippines

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Article by military historian Jeremy P. Amick. “Seventy-something years ago,” described Eldon, Mo., veteran James Belshe, a “wide-eyed…

Invading Okinawa, The Biggest Amphibious Invasion In The Pacific

Codenamed Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theatre of the Second World War which started on April…

En Route To North Africa, FDR Was Almost Killed By A Torpedo Fired By A US Navy Destroyer

Jeff Edwards

There is truly no way to quantify who might be the worst crew in US Naval History, but the men of the USS William D.…