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Call of Duty: Next Game Release Will Go “Back to Its Roots”

Activision stated during its most recent earnings report that “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare” failed to meet their sales expectations. They also said that it…

“A time to be stealthy and a time to be lethal” – Well-Timed Brutality in Sniper Elite 4

According to the narrator in Sniper Elite 4’s launch trailer, “Timing is everything.” During the trailer, Karl Fairburne, the game’s protagonist, manages to slit the…

Born to Fight – The Only Non-Commonwealth Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Jeff Edwards

People say that some men were born at the right time in history for their gallantry to shine. For Dane Anders Lassen, WWII was his…

The Awesome Challenger Tank – Mighty British War Machines Of World War Two

Part of the extensive preparations for D-Day was the necessary upgrade of weapons. The Germans firmly held a foothold in Europe thanks to their superior…

Terrible Punishments, Desperate Men – Desertion in the American Civil War

It is the American Civil War. You have been walking hundreds – perhaps thousands of miles – in tattered clothes and worn out shoes. You…

A Soldier’s Noble Quest to Return a War Medal to its Rightful Owner

Elly Farelly

This is the story of how a young soldier’s passion for collecting antiques led to a quest to reunite lost war medals with their owners…

Returning Home At Last – January Burial Of A Missing Army Major

The Department of Defence POW/MLA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced recently that the remains of a serviceman, Army Maj. Jack D. Griffiths, 31, of San Diego,…

The Unknown Soldiers of the Korean War – Innovative Technology Allows Identification

Another American soldier who lost his life in the Korean War has been identified and will be returned to his homeland for a funeral with…

Honored on her 100th Birthday – Pilot Who flew Spitfires and Bombers in WW2

Mary Ellis is one of the last surviving Air Transport Auxiliary pilots. She was surprised by a party in her honor at the Sandown Airport…

State of Emergency – Citizens Evacuated as 500lb WW2 Bomb discovered in Greece

70,000 people in the Greek city of Thessaloniki were evacuated to allow experts to defuse a WWII-era bomb. The bomb was discovered by an excavation…

The First Medal of Honor Recipient of WW2 Stood His Ground at Pearl Harbor

Jeff Edwards

It is fitting in a war which would require inexplicable gallantry to win that it would begin with actions worthy of the nation’s highest military…

Battle of WWI merchant raiders: HMS Alcantara v SMS Greif

Gabe Christy

On February 27, 1916, the Norwegian cargo ship Rena steamed out of Cuxhaven on Germany’s North Sea coast. In peacetime, this would not have been…