This American World War Two Veteran’s Best Friend Is Also His Bodyguard – You Don’t Mess With These Two
Not everyone has a bodyguard but 95-year-old Leonard Stevens does. The World War II glider pilot has Vonnie Wallace. She doesn’t accompany him armed with…
Preserving Historic WW2 Battle Damage – The Incredible Restoration Of A B-26 Marauder Bomber
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum staff has a big challenge. They are trying to preserve Flak-Bait, a Martin B-26 Marauder bomber famous for…
Boston Honors WWII United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Veteran
Betty Denekamp joined the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve in 1943. She saw the men of her hometown in West Roxbury, MA, go off…
My Father’s War: Memories from Our Honored WWII Soldiers – Amazing Pictures From The Collection of Charley Valera
– War History Online thanks Charley Valera for sharing his some of his amazing photos with us in this exclusive Guest Blog. Be sure to check…
Here Are Three Of The Best Spies Operating In Europe During World War Two – And They Are All Women
During World War II, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a thrown-together conglomeration of amateurs and spies that President Eisenhower credited with turning the tide…
This Soldier Captured 500 Yards Of Enemy Trench In The First World War – He Was Honored With The Victoria Cross For His Actions
If the history of war proves one thing it is that the physical stature of a soldier has little to do with the gallantry they…
En Route To North Africa, FDR Was Almost Killed By A Torpedo Fired By A US Navy Destroyer
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.…
Pearl Harbor Movie, Hilariously Ripped Apart by Honest Trailers (Watch)
“Pearl Harbor” is one of those movies that everybody has seen and everybody likes some bits of it. Despite receiving a lot of negative reviews…
Korean War: The US Pilot Who Chased A MiG To China To Shoot It Down, Then Survived The “Hanoi Hilton”
James Robinson “Robbie ” Risner was an American military pilot, a double recipient of the Air Force Cross and a hero of the Korean and…
76 Hours Of Hell – The Battle Of Tarawa – 5,700 Dead For Twelve Square Miles
The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theater of World War Two. It was one that would…
Awesome Englishwoman Flora Sandes Fought In The Serbian Infantry In World War 1
Flora Sandes was born on January 22, 1876, in Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire, England to a pastor. Fortunately, he was a liberal man, as Flora often…
The Only Woman Ever To Join The French Foreign Legion Served In World War Two And Vietnam
The Légion Étrangère is better known as the French Foreign Legion – a military organization open to men who are foreign nationals. In 1945, however,…