Fort Wainwright in Alaska started life as a cold weather testing base in World War Two
What is now known as Fort Wainwright began as Ladd Field, an Army Air Corps cold weather testing facility in Alaska that began operation in…
The Japanese Internment Camps in Arizona
Over 100,000 Japanese-Americans were moved to internment camps due to an executive order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt which he signed on February 19, 1942.…
Amazing Drone Footage of a Secret German U-boat in Finland
In 1930 a Dutch company ordered the construction of a U-boat in Finland. NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw (which in Dutch means, “Engineer-office for shipbuilding”) was,…
Six American Aircraft Which Were Crucial To Victory In World War II
Aircraft had begun to play a crucial role in the battles of World War I, but by the Second World War, aircraft had become a…
A Cameraman’s last picture – Tragedy as an Undetonated Bomb Explodes on the USS Oriskany (Watch)
The USS Oriskany was on its first Korean mission when disaster struck its deck. It was caught on film, as seen in this video. How and…
Woody Harrelson’s Amazing Live Movie Experiment Is Disrupted By WW2 Bomb
Actor and director Woody Harrelson learned how challenging making a movie can be when production on his film in London was delayed after the discovery…
Famous Letter Demanding Surrender At Bastogne Goes On Display in Boston Museum
A museum in Boston has obtained two important World War II documents to add to their large collection of the items from that war. The…
Avro Lancaster bomber “Just Jane” is undergoing careful restoration as a tribute to Bomber Command Veterans
Pride and dedication are going into the restoration of Just Jane, an Avro Lancaster bomber under repair as a memorial to Christopher Patton and other…
Amazing – Dutch Caretaker at Margraten Cemetery is reaching out to lost family of slain WW2 Soldier
Richard Smeets wants to know more about Savas J. Batsos who was killed during World War II in the Netherlands and whose grave he tends.…
Coming Home – Flying Tigers Pilots Who Died in Training during World War Two
The remains of two pilots and a Martinsburg-area man killed in Southeast Asia while training with the Flying Tigers in the Second World War are…
WW2 Tiger Moth pilot takes to the air one last time
Dr. Sandy Saunders, despite being 94 and being aware he is dying of bladder and prostate cancer, recently put on his flying jacket, scarf and…
The Forgotten Sacrifice and Horrific Demise of Eleven WWII Heroes
The bodies of eleven American soldiers were found in a field in Belgium during the last winter of World War II. Their eyes had been…