The Liberation of Belgium Celebrating the 75th Anniversary
September 2019, people all over Belgium are celebrating the 75th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi Germany during the Second World War. 75 years ago,…
B-17 Memorial Park Is Reminder of Crew That Died in Tragic Crash in 1944
On March 12, 1943, nine crew members of a B-17 Flying Fortress flew over Grant County, Arkansas, on their way to Florida from Kansas. It…
Dozens of Graves Vandalized at War Cemetery in Israel
Someone vandalized over forty tombstones in the Haifa War Cemetery in Haifa, Israel. The damage was discovered last Friday. Some of the gravestones were knocked…
NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on B17 Crash
On October 2, 2019, at 0953 eastern daylight time, a Boeing B-17G, N93012, owned and operated by the Collings Foundation, was destroyed during a precautionary…
Up, Up and Away For Secret Spitfires Memorial – Fundraising Campaign
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR TRIBUTE TO SALISBURY’S SECRET WARTIME CONTRIBUTION TAKES OFF Full-size Spitfire replica to be erected almost 30ft high at Salisbury RFC following unanimous…
More Than Baseball – St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial spent 1945 baseball season in the U.S. Navy
The “crack” of Stan Musial’s bat produced a staggering 3,630 career hits, ranking him first in the National League when he retired from baseball in…
Two British Phantoms to Be Restored
The British Phantom Aviation Group (BPAG) has announced plans to restore two Phantoms fighter planes in the United Kingdom. The first is F-4J (UK) ZE360.…
New Memorial Dedicated to Vietnam War Dogs and Their Handlers
Motts Military Museum in Groveport, Ohio (a suburb of Columbus, Ohio), dedicated the new Vietnam War Dog Team Memorial. It consists of three black granite…
Two Polish Soldiers Killed By WWII Bomb
Two Polish soldiers were killed when a WWII bomb detonated while they were disarming it. Four other soldiers were injured in the blast and were…
The Follow-Up to ‘Band of Brothers’ is Coming
Apple has been growing their empire by moving into the entertainment world. Their latest move is opening their own production studio. The first project announced…
Archaeologists Uncover Remains of 110 Soldiers & Artifacts From WWI Battlefield
Over 80 soldiers killed during WW1 received burials with full military honors Thursday 1oth October. Their remains were discovered in an archaeological dig that one…
The Tour de France & Two World Wars: Revenge, Blackmail & Third Reich Ties
I recently stumbled across an article discussing the 1914 Tour de France. Intrigued by the prospect of a wartime Tour de France, I started to…