Put up such a fight in captivity, Viet Cong executed him out of frustration. He was last heard singing “God Bless America”. He was later awarded the Medal of Honor
Captain Humbert Roque Versace (July 2, 1937 – September 26, 1965), affectionately called “Rocky,” was an officer of the United States Army. He went on…
A Summer of Syncronized Airshows over England
In commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Eighteen World War II fighter planes took to the skies over the United Kingdom…
Remembering the Battle of Jutland
Very rarely one witnesses the event like the one that is planned by the British and German Naval authorities to be held next year. Warships…
A Cold War Game of Hide And Seek
For Cold war veteran Robert Dewey, the military was more than a job – it was a family tradition. Like so many other veterans of his…
Escaping Soviet Jets During Cold War – the story of Neptune’s Recon Mission
Call it a miracle, sheer luck or the present mindedness of the pilot, June, 22 1955 marks a very significant day in the US Air…
War Mystery Solved – P-38 Lightning & Remains recovered
The Solomons continue to throw up mysteries from the turbulent years of WWII. One mystery solved recently has been with the rediscovery of a P-38…
3000 Napoleon’s Soldiers Discovered in Mass Grave Lithuania
Remains belonging to Napoleon’s soldiers who fought for French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, have been uncovered in Lithuania. The remains are part of a mass grave…
7 Weapons That Transformed the Face of War
Every new weapon changes the nature of battle in some way. Certain weapons have come to define war, and to transform the way it is…
Nazis developed experimental drug cocktail in which the Nazi doctors found that equipment-laden test subjects who had taken the drug could march 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) without resting
Modern research has found that the Nazis had plans to try to transform their own soldiers into ‘robots’ using special chemicals. That chemical was a…
WWI Out Of The Trenches And Into Perspective: The Great War YouTube Project
By Paul K. DiCostanzo Managing Editor – The Good News Review Between the years 1918 and 1939, humanity only knew the First World War as…
Cher Ami – The Wounded Pigeon That Saved 198 Men Of The Lost Battalion
During the Battle of the Argonne, in October 1918, ‘Cher Ami’, a female homing pigeon, which means “dear friend” in French, helped save the Lost…
The Lasting Effects of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The exact death toll of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not known. Reports say the total combined death toll of the…