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Multi-Million Silver Bullion Haul Recovered from the Ship Gairsoppa

Ian Harvey

War is an expensive business and World War Two was no exception. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had to use every penny the British Empire…

Oldest living Marine, Dorothy ‘Dot’ Cole, Passes at age 107

Ian Harvey

One of the first ladies to enlist as a Marine Reservist, Dorothy’ Dot’ Cole, has passed away at the fabulous age of 107.  Last September,…

Face The FURY at The Tank Museum

The Tank Museum is offering movie buffs the opportunity to celebrate the Sherman tank in general – and one Hollywood star in particular – in…

Fossil Actually a Wartime Grenade: Explodes in Civilian’s Kitchen Sink

Ian Harvey

Although World War II is long over, the vestiges of battles with Nazi Germany at sea and on land, still litter English beaches and the…

Physicist Who Worked on the First Soviet Nuclear Bomb Dies at Age 101

Ian Harvey

Isaak Khalatnikov passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021, at 101 years of age. He was the last surviving member to have participated in the…

The Tragic Tale of the USS Indianapolis

Ian Harvey

The USS Indianapolis was a Portand-class heavy cruiser in the US Navy during World War II. It was sank by the Japanese after completing a…

“Dreams of flight” – 2008 High School Graduate Becomes Fighter Pilot and Instructor With the U.S. Air Force

Cole Stegeman has fulfilled childhood dream of becoming a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Now a flight commander of a fighter squadron…

Group of Volunteers Working to Restore Historic Skymaster Plane

Ian Harvey

A group of volunteers is working to save a Douglas C-54 Skymaster military plane from the scrap heap but COVID and lack of funding threaten…

One of the Last WWII “ATA-Girls” Dies at Age 103

Ian Harvey

Eleanor Wadsworth passed away at the age of 103. She was one of the last remaining members of the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). Members…

Tuskegee Airmen Veteran, Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin Dies Aged 100

Ian Harvey

Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin Jr., a member of the world-famous Tuskegee Airmen, passed away on the day after Christmas in 2020, a few days before his…

America To Study UFO Sightings

Ian Harvey

The legislation also contained a tucked-away clause called the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA). It refers to aircraft flying through space unidentified – UFOs, as commonly…

Sword stolen from a statue is returned 40 years after the theft

Ian Harvey

Cindy P. Gaylord, head of the Historical Commission in Westfield, Massachusetts, was astounded when she was approached to take back a sword stolen from the…