Ian Harvey

Ian Harvey is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Ian Harvey:

US Senate Passes Agent Orange bill to Extend VA Benefits

The US Senate has approved by 94 votes to 6 to amend the defense policy bill to include hypothyroidism, Parkinsonism, and bladder cancer to the…

SS Richard Montgomery Contains Enough Munitions to Create a Tsunami

In August 1944, the US Navy ship SS Richard Montgomery was delivering over 6,000 metric tons of explosive ordnance for use in the Allied press…

Fake SEAL Pleads Guilty to Stolen Valor

Stolen Valor: Richard Meleski, 58, of Chalfont, Pennsylvania, has plead guilty to defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs by pretending to be a Navy SEAL,…

Vietnam Vet Receives Silver Star Over 50 Years After Heroic Actions

Vietnam Vet: More than fifty years after the battle Bart “Doc” Fabian bravely saved the lives of ten of his fellow soldiers, he was awarded…

Part Time Viking Stabs Girlfriend While Practising Battle Moves!

Viking fun? Benover, near Yalding is a picturesque low-lying village South West of the town of Maidstone in Kent, South East England. Once a proud…

Attacked by the Luftwaffe, Still Leaking Oil, Concrete Poured Into the Hull to Plug the Leak

Icelandic authorities are confident that recent work done on the SS El Grillo wreck will stem the constant leakage of oil that is responsible for…

British Beefeaters Facing Layoffs for First Time in Half Century

The iconic British Beefeaters, the guards at the Tower of London are facing layoffs for the first time in 50 years. John Barnes is the…

Washington Redskins Team to Change Team Name

The Washington Redskins American football team from the National Football League (NFL) made headlines when they announced their intention to change the name of the…

$220 Million in Gold Bullion was Recovered From HMS Edinburgh

Toward the end of 1981, a team of divers working at incredible depths in the Barents Sea found and recovered a king’s ransom in gold…

Breaking: 93-year-old Former Camp Guard Handed Suspended Sentence

Bruno Dey was given a two-year suspended sentence by a German court in what is likely one of the last cases involving a surviving Nazi…

Captain Sir Tom Moore Knighted in a Private Ceremony by the Queen

On Friday, 17th July 2020, Captain Sir Tom Moore received his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Captain Sir Tom was accompanied by…

Fire on the Bonhomme Richard is a severe setback to the US Navy’s ambitions for the Indo-Pacific region

Right after undergoing two years of intensive refit and upgrading, the Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship, burned through the night in San Diego harbor.…