Civil War Ship USS Westfield Recovered from Houston Ship Channel
A 150-year-old Civil War ship was recovered from the Houston Ship Channel’s bottom and restored in a five-year project that yielded countless artifacts dating way…
Veterans Get Support to Attend Operation Market Garden’s 70th Anniversary
Lloyds staff, Church green East branch, are working at raising £10,000 to send at least 70 WWII veterans of the Parachute Regimental Association’s Redditch branch together with…
The Monuments Men: A New Campaign To Find Lost Art
Between 1945 and 1951, nearly 5 million works of art and other cultural objects stolen by the Nazis have been found and returned by Monuments…
WWII Vet Who Helped Save 1,000 Members Of The HMS Ark Royal Dies Aged 98
Taylor, described by his family as a “noble gentleman”, served in the Royal Navy during World War Two. He was born on June 19, 1916,…
Soviets Prepared to Exploit the IRA during the Cold War
December 27,2013 – The Scotsman reports that the Soviet Union was prepared to exploit the IRA during the Cold War. The Irish government tried to…
Remembering WWII by Remembering Our Veterans
On Veterans Day in 2013, President Barack Obama honored Richard Overton, 107 years-old, at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Mr. Owens…
Straight From the Doc – A Moving Speech by a WWII Veteran
William “Doc” Long turned 89 years old in May and he still works at the truck company he and his brother founded in 1945 with…
Alfred Rosenberg’s Diary:How Vegetarian Hitler Wanted To Ban Sick Children From Eating Meat
The diary, which disappeared seven decades ago during the Nuremberg trials, was believed to have been smuggled out of Germany by US prosecutor Robert Kempner.…
Life for a Life: Trees to Honor Civil War Deaths
The goal: One tree for every Civil War soldier who died in action… Leesburg, Virginia – The suburban stretch, one hour drive going south of…
Vienna Philharmonic revokes awards made during Nazi-era
The Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has recently revoked the awards it has given to six leading Nazis during Hitler’s rule. This move was in response to…
Austrian Journalist Claims Salt Miners Saved The Art Works And Not Clooney’s ‘Monuments Men’
According to an Austrian journalist whose book has just been published this week in Austria, the £5billion worth artworks were actually saved by a group…