Fearsome, Unstoppable US Soldier Awarded Medal Of Honor AND Distinguished Service Cross For Korean War Service
It has often been said that you can’t keep a good man down. In the case of Benjamin F. Wilson, the medical personnel trying to…
Missing Both Legs, This RAF Fighter Ace Took Out 22 Germans Planes, Then Escaped Multiple POW Camps
Life with amputated legs can prove difficult for even the most mundane of tasks require extra effort. But trying taking on the German Luftwaffe and…
Sergeant “Smokey” Smith VC: “I Don’t Take Prisoners, I’m Paid to Kill Them”
If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…
Marine Who Held Machine Gun Alone Was Found Next Morning With Over 200 Dead Enemies Around Him
The history of war is comprised of many occupational specialties necessary for military victory. Within the culture of Military Service, one would often find rivalries…
American World War 2 Medal Of Honor Recipient Became Commandant Of The Marine Corps
There have been a few Commandants who had been recipients of the Medal of Honor, but Louis H. Wilson was the last. And given that…
This German Paratrooper Held An Impressive Record, And May Have Been Part Of The Plot To Assassinate Hitler
Many are aware of the plot to kill Hitler orchestrated by Colonel Schenk Count von Stauffenberg in July of 1944 as it was depicted by…
8 Reasons For The French Military Disaster At Dien Bien Phu
Arrogance. Ignorance. Poor planning. These were the weapons with which French commanders fought the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and with which they ensured their…
The WW1 Q-Ships Were Heavily-Armed Decoy Vessels, Designed To Lure Unsuspecting U-Boats Into A Trap
At the end of July 1918 the British Royal Navy vessel HMS Stock Force was under the command of Lieutenant Harold Auten of the Royal…
‘Mad’ Jack Churchill – The Only Man To Kill An Enemy Soldier With A Longbow In WW2
To those he fought beside, Jack Churchill seemed like a man without fear, but to those he faced in combat, he was a terrifying figure,…
Air America – Run By The CIA, This Controversial Covert Airline Was Used Extensively During The Vietnam War
The United States has lots of airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, etc. One airline most people have not heard of is Air…
When Malaria Sided With Napoleon: The Doomed British Walcheren Expedition That Cost 4,000 Lives
The British expedition sent to Walcheren in the Netherlands in 1809 was one of the boldest moves of the Napoleonic wars. Unfortunately for the soldiers…
The WW2 Hero Who Saved Many People From The Concentration Camps, Then Disappeared While In Soviet Custody
Raoul Wallenberg, who disappeared from Budapest in 1945, was a Swedish diplomat who was proud of his one-sixteenth Jewish heritage. He more than proved this…