Numerous Medals for Gallant Service Presented to US Pacific War Veteran’s Sister After 70 years
The family of a long-deceased American soldier, Lexie Lee Lillard, received not just one but many medals last Wednesday at Jay, Kentucky for his service…
World War II Veterans Return To The Skies With A Commemorative Flight On A Rare B-17 Bomber
For the two World War II veterans, their recent flight in a B-17G was nothing like those they experienced almost three-quarters of a century ago.…
This 81-Year-Old Japanese-American US Army Veteran Is Educating the Young About WW2 Internment
“It makes no difference if he is an American citizen or not. He’s still Japanese … I don’t want any of them here. They are…
The War Reporter Who Brought World War II Home To Americans And Died In The Line Of Duty
Ernie Pyle was a war correspondent from Indiana in World War II. On December 1, 1942, on assignment in Algiers, he wrote: “Life is completely…
American Marine’s Remains Make It Home to Nebraska 70 Years On
A Marine from Chadron, Nebraska, who died in World War II, is coming home. Sergeant Fae Verlin Moore was killed at the age of 23…
WWII Veterans Have Lessons To Teach Us All: One American Veteran Shares His Memories
Living through a harrowing experience, such as WWII, leaves many anxieties in its wake, the least of which are the dreams that your subconscious puts…
Babi Yar Massacre Site in Ukraine Marked with Holocaust Memorial
Ukraine will start planning a Holocaust Memorial at Babi Yar, a gulley near the country’s capital city of Kiev where 34,000 Jews were murdered by…
Get A Really Good Look: The M1 Garand Firing In Slow Motion (Watch)
General George S. Patton, one of the most important Allied generals of World War II, called the M1 Garand Rifle ‘the greatest battle implement ever…
A Powerful Tribute – Snoopy And Charlie Brown Honoring D-Day Sacrifice (Watch)
This amazing cartoon is called “What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? A Tribute.” It’s an animated television special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by…
Bletchley Park Code Breakers – A Secret Letter From Eisenhower
Imagine today’s world without computers. Imagine a world of ciphers, secret letters, code breakers and secret intelligence centres – this is the stuff of which…
The Desperate Banzai Charge On Okinawa
On April 6th, 1945, nearing the end World War II, Japanese forces launched a massive air counter-offensive against the invading American military on the island…
The Mysterious Disappearance Of The French WW2 Submarine Surcouf
The mystery of how the record breaking French submarine Surcouf sunk has been debated since the day it disappeared in the Pacific, near Tahiti. Were…