The Weapons of Bonnie & Clyde & the Guns That Stopped Them
Who hasn’t heard of Bonnie and Clyde, the audacious gangsters who were both heroes and villains? There have been countless movies about this pair of…
Tough New York Gangster Monk Eastman Went on To Be a War Hero
The slums of New York City were notorious in their time for producing some of the most desperate, bloodthirsty, and depraved gangs and gangsters in…
The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War
Concentration camps are usually linked to WWII and the horrors of the Holocaust. However, they were around long before this and were used by many…
Can a Leopard Really Change it Spots?
There is an old saying: Can a leopard change its spots? Over the last 50 years, the German Leopard series of main battle tanks has…
The Epic 4000 Mile Long March of the Communist Chinese
Seeing the success and growth of the communists, Chiang Kai-shek and his allies began an all-out war with them. In England in 1215, King John…
‘The Most Intact U-Boat Wreck I’ve Ever Seen’ U-Boat Hunter Dr Innes McCartney
The submarine sank some 16 nautical miles 18 mi) northeast of Malin Head, in Ireland, where it lay for the next five decades. Unlike the…
WWII Veteran Recounts Medical Career in U.S. Navy & Air Force
“Part of that process was placing the bodies in plastic bags and then putting the dog tags in the mouth of each casualty for later…
‘Willing to cooperate’ Horizontal Recreation & The US Army in WWII
The struggle against the spread of venereal disease became one of many foes fought by commanders at numerous military bases in the United States. While…
Ian Fortune Kept Flying After Being Shot In the Head By Enemy Machine Gun Fire
Whether it be in peacetime or war, being shot is never pleasant. Taking a bullet once in the body is often enough to maim or…
20 Years Ago Serbs Took Out An “Invisible” F-117 Stealth Fighter
In March 1999, a Yugoslavian air defense battery did what, at the time, was thought to be impossible – shoot down a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk…
Momsen Lung: How Swede Momsen’s Diving Lung Changed Submarine Rescues
In the early 20th century, when a submarine sank, there was little hope to rescue any crew trapped aboard. This was underlined when in December…
Fascinating Air Force One: The First Was a Pan Am-Crewed Boeing 314 Flying Boat
Walsh believes that the current aircraft has the ability to deal with heat-seeking missiles, which pose a threat during takeoff and landing. Air Force One…