SAILOR IN THE DESERT – The Adventures of Phillip Gunn, DSM, RN in the Mesopotamia Campaign 1915 – Review by Mark Barnes
Phil Gunn followed his father into the Royal Navy in 1911 as a boy seaman and retired holding the rank of captain at the end…
WORLD WAR I – The Definitive Visual Guide from Sarajevo to Versailles – Review by Mark Barnes
The Great War coffee table book contest takes another turn with this whopper from Dorling Kindersley. When my son was a youngster he had a huge…
Man Discovers Lost Letters from Soldier of the First World War
Larry McLean has been a resident of Leslieville for over thirty years. In a decision to renovate, he dislodged his front porch to discover a…
US Government Didn’t Have to Close the Monuments
In a recent release of public records, there is evidence that the Department of the Interior knew in advance that two groups of elderly veterans…
A Look Into the Vietnam Tunnels
Huyh Van Chia was only 17 years old when he began to fight as a guerilla soldier in the Vietnam War. When he turned 21,…
Evidence Found Regarding Missing Soldiers Suggests Excavation of Koh Tang Island
Suspicions by JPAC (the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command) that missing American soldiers from the Vietnam War may be buried at the island of Koh Tang…
WWII Spitfire Transported to RAF Museum in London
The staff of a RAF Museum spent four days removing the propeller and wings before the one of the Spitfire plans that survived WWII was…
Man Pulls Pin from Buried Grenade by Mistake and Lives to Tell
John Hill is a 67 year old grandfather who recently pulled the pin from a buried grenade,yet lived to tell the tale. He was out…
Private McAleer Finally Laid to Rest, 98 Years after Death
Private William McAleer passed away in the middle of a sea of choking poison gas, screams, and machine-gun during the Battle of Loos. The date,…
The Australian Film, The Rocket, Banned in Laos
The Rocket, an Australian film, is banned in Laos—the country in which the film takes place. This sheds an odd light on the story that…
Murray Adams, Veteran, Gets to Spend Time with His Old Plane
Murray Adams was a pilot in the Second World War. Now in his mid-90s, his fighting days are long behind him. Still, as with many…
Two Cats and One Dog Make for Unexpected German Spies
The British National Archives have published documentation revealing details into possibly the most loveable spies their forces ever encountered in WWI. In 1915, three suspected…