Jesse Beckett

Jesse is a U.K.-based writer for Tank Roar, passionate about military history and storytelling through digital content. With a special focus on tanks and ships, Jesse brings a deep enthusiasm for historical narratives to every piece.

Articles by Jesse Beckett:

Ilyushin Il-2: The T-34 Of The Skies

By the end of WW2, the Soviet Union had mastered the art of mass-production, producing 80,000 T-34s, the second most produced tank ever, and 42,000…

Marine MIA At Pearl Harbor Has Been Identified After 80 Years

John Franklin Middleswart

Californian Marine Pfc. John Franklin Middleswart has been identified and buried with full military honors 80 years after he died during the attack on Pearl…

Legendary MoH Marine Hershel W. Williams Welcomes Great-Grandson Into The Corps

Hershel Williams and great-grandson Cedar Ross being interviewed by CBS

The great-grandson of legendary U.S. Marine Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams has been welcomed into the Corps by his granddad. Williams was awarded the Medal of…

Fascinating Facts About ‘Platoon’ – Oliver Stone’s Best Movie

William Dafoe, Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger standing together in costume

The 1986 Oliver Stone film, Platoon, has – along with Full Metal Jacket (1987) and Apocalypse Now (1979) – become the ultimate representation of Vietnam…

1940s LVT Buffalo Dug Up In Remarkable Condition In The UK

Daniel Abbott poses by a 26-foot-long Buffalo tank which has been extracted from the earth in Crowland, Lincolnshire, where it has been buried for 74 years since it was brought into the village to help during heavy floods in March 1947

A WWII armored vehicle has been uncovered near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, after spending 74 years buried underground. The vehicle is a WWII LVT-4 Buffalo, also known…

Families Aren’t Happy With Plans Not To Identify 85 USS Arizona Crewmen

Army Sgt. (ret.) Allen Bodenlos, a Pearl Harbor survivor, salutes the Arizona memorial during a wreath laying ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

The U.S. military has found itself in a tough situation regarding the identification of 85 sailors from the USS Arizona. In particular, the Defense POW/MIA…

American B-17 Wreckage Is At Risk In England’s Sandwich Bay

Sandwich Bay B-17 Flying Fortress wreckage

Local authorities in Kent, England, have been made aware that a WWII bomber crash site is vulnerable to looting, with evidence suggesting this may have…

Documentary Reveals This Rotting Breakwater Was Once A D-Day Landing Craft

A History Hit documentary has managed to “conclusively prove” that two wrecks at Poole Harbour, Dorset, are actually veterans of D-Day. The wrecks are in…

US Military Documents Reveal The Fate Of Hideki Tojo’s Remains

Hideki Tojo (1884 - 1948), former Japanese general, premier and war minister from December 2nd, 1941 to July, 1944, takes the stand for the first time during the International Tribunal trials in Tokyo, Japan, 1947.

A university professor from Japan has unveiled declassified U.S. documents that hold the answer for the whereabouts of executed WWII Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.…

The Sausage War Between Finland and the USSR Was Among the Weirdest Battles of WWII

Finnish soldiers reading a newspaper

On November 30, 1939, hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers and thousands of tanks and aircraft flooded across the Finnish border, signalling the start of…

A South African War Hero Who Should Have Gotten The Victoria Cross

Mural in Springs, South Africa, depicting Job Maseko

A family and campaigners are pushing to get Job Maseko, a South African WW2 hero, the recognition he deserves for his extremely brave exploits during…

Canadian Prime Minister Apologizes For Italian Canadian Internment

Italian-Canadian men at an internment camp

On the 27th of May, 2021, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a formal apology to Italian Canadians for their internment during WWII after Canada…