Old Fashioned Love Letter Being Auctioned Off
Old fashioned love letters have been replaced by text messages and email. Even the most romantic of these communications cannot compare to the endearing letter…
NAVAL ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS & GUNNERY – Review by Mark Barnes
After a bit of a gap I am happy to have one of these impressive naval history books from Seaforth in front of me. As…
Bomb left over from WWI Blew Up in Ypres, Two Killed
Ypres, Belgium – A WWI device, suspected bomb shell or grenade, blew up in Ypres, Belgium Wednesday, March 19. The explosion left two dead, one…
The Duke of Cambridge Visits Omaka Aviation Center and is Treated to a Story
The Duke of Cambridge was in for a grand treat when Sir Peter Jackson, aviation enthusiast and film director, escorted him on a private tour…
Japan Offers Apologies for WWII Atrocities Against the Citizens of the Philippines
Toshinao Urabe, the Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines, expressed his apologies for the atrocities inflicted by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War.…
Museum of Flight Welcomes WWII Wildcat
Tom Cathcart, the Director of Aircraft Collections and Restoration for the Museum of Flight, helped to remove a F2G-1 Super Corsair from the museum in…
Britain Celebrates the 70th D-Day Anniversary
The 70thanniversary of D-Day is arriving on June 6th of 2014, and Britain is already prepared to commemorate the event. Radio host Chris Evans is…
Were Taxis Vitally Important to WWI?
WWI France was known as the site of many great events, though one of the lesser known involves about six hundred taxis. Near Paris, a…
EVER THE PATRIOT – Recollections of Vincent J Riccio, World War II Veteran and POW. Review by Mark Barnes
A quiet Friday evening after a forgettable week at work is a good time to be able to sit down and leave it all behind…
Princess Anne Takes Part in D-Day Anniversary
As the 70th anniversary of D-Day nears, Princess Anne is due in Portsmouth for the commemorations there. Numerous surviving soldiers as well as other current…
Vietnam Photo of Jane Fonda Still Controversial
The controversial photo of Jane Fonda with the Vietnamese was taken in 1972, and to this day is one of the better known examples of…
WWII Trains Were the Scene of Several Prisoner Escapes
Over the course of WWII, over 750 potential Holocaust victims escaped their fate by leaping from moving trains. While the notion seems highly risky, it…