Cemetery Exhuming Remains of 94 Unknown Battle of Tarawa Servicemen for Indentification
Officials are disinterring the remains of 94 unidentified Marines and sailors who were killed in the Pacific during one of the bloodiest battles of World…
The Second Incarnation of HMS Iron Duke – Great Britain’s World War One Ultra-Battleship
Perhaps the Duke of Wellington, were he alive in 1914, would have objected to a second battleship again named after him when the first HMS…
The Remains of a World War Two Pilot Make It Home
The remains of Capt. Albert Schlegel arrived in Beaufort, Ga., March 27, 73 years after he disappeared in World War II, when his P-51 fighter…
Space Coast Honor Flight Lifts The Spirits of Veterans
“NCIS,” the highly-rated drama on CBS, gave its viewers a look into what Space Coast Honor Flight does every day. Bill Welser is the president…
Remembering The First World War – The War That Changed The World Forever
Despite the deaths of thousands in the First World War, and the disappearance of centuries’ old empires, the “war to end all wars’ was transformative.…
How Extraterrestrials Got Japanese-Americans Interned in 1942
Many believe that the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the direct result of Pearl Harbor. While true, there were two other factors involved –…
How Prize Thoroughbred Horses Were Rescued After Germany’s Surrender in WWII
In the last days of World War II, a secret operation was approved by General George Patton to rescue 500 of Europe’s finest thoroughbred horses.…
The Amazing Career of General Billy Mitchell, American Father of the Skies
Some of the greatest, most memorable figures in America’s history are only given their due credit after their death. During their lifespan, they either go…
This WW1 VC Charged The Enemy Trenches Captured 6 Machine Guns and 100 Infantry
Horace Augustus Curtis wasn’t supposed to be a war hero. He was supposed to be a nobody who lived and died in relative poverty in…
The Five Flaws of the Brilliant Civil War General “Stonewall” Jackson
General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson is widely regarded as one of the greatest tactical commanders in American military history. While his solid determination to hold…
William Hitler, Nephew of Adolf, Joined the US Navy to Fight The Nazis in WW2
Conspiracy theorists claim that a certain Hitler survived WWII, fled to Argentina or Brazil, and lived to a ripe old age. What utter nonsense. He…
The Battle of Stoney Creek – A Minor Fight That Changed History
In the early 1800s, two US generals tried to invade Canada. They might have succeeded, too, except for a peculiar handicap – their inability to…