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Author: Elly Farelly

 

Articles by Elly Farelly:

Operation Husky – The Battle for Sicily Which Launched The Italian Campaign

May 8, 2017

Operation Husky was the unlikely codename for the invasion of Sicily by Allied forces in the summer of 1943. The operation, which got off to…

A Tragic Accident Onboard The USS Oriskany Cost Many Lives – Without An Enemy Ship In Sight

May 6, 2017

On the morning of the 26th of October, 1966 the USS Oriskany was stationed 50 miles off the north coast of Vietnam. A group of Skyhawk…

A Soldier’s Noble Quest to Return a War Medal to its Rightful Owner

May 3, 2017

This is the story of how a young soldier’s passion for collecting antiques led to a quest to reunite lost war medals with their owners…

Making History – The Ship’s Cook Who Grabbed A .50 Cal To Shoot Down Enemy Planes At Pearl Harbor

Apr 25, 2017

In 1942, when Dorie Miller stood onboard the USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor to receive the Navy Cross he made history. Miller was the first…

Mary Edwards Walker – The Only Woman Ever To Receive The Medal Of Honor

Apr 12, 2017

Early life Mary Edwards Walker was born into a society where strict gender roles controlled the lives of women. However, thanks to the liberal outlook…

Lewis Millett – Veteran Of Three Wars

Apr 9, 2017

Lewis Lee Millett was born in Maine on 20 December 1920. He grew up in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts in a family with a strong military…

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade – The Heroic US Citizens Who Fought To Free Spain From Fascism

Apr 7, 2017

During the Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1939) a call went out from the Republican forces for communists and socialists around the world to come…

Six Key Facts – The Terrible Conflict That Was The Vietnam War

Apr 4, 2017

The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was also known as the Second Indochina War. In Vietnam, it was called Kháng chiến…

A Soldier’s Noble Quest to Return a War Medal to its Rightful Owner

Feb 14, 2017

This is the story of how a young soldier’s passion for collecting antiques led to a quest to reunite lost war medals with their owners…

The Allies’ Secret Mustard Gas Cargo Made the Attack on Bari an Even Worse Disaster

Feb 5, 2017

On December 2, 1943, Germany launched an air attack on the Italian town of Bari on the Adriatic coast. The town was important strategically as…

Heinze And Reinhard Heydrich – A Tale Of Two Brothers Who Went Different Ways In WW2

Jan 15, 2017

In 1918 two teenage brothers posed for a photograph. The older brother has his arm protectively around the younger one. They are Heinze and Reinhard…

Mary Edwards Walker – The Only Woman Ever To Receive The Medal Of Honor

Dec 24, 2016

Early life Mary Edwards Walker was born into a society where strict gender roles controlled the lives of women. However, thanks to the liberal outlook…

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