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USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Sets Sail for her Inaugural Deployment

Ian Harvey

On Monday 27th July 2020, the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams set sail from Naval Station Norfolk to Africa on her inaugural deployment. The USS Hershel…

France to Rename Streets After African WW2 Heroes

Ian Harvey

Operation Dragoon was launched in Provence, Southern France just two months after Operation Overlord in Normandy, in August 1944. The controversial invasion, argued against by…

Korean War Vet Graduates High School at age 87

Ian Harvey

In 1952 Ed Saunders dropped out of school to join the United States Air force and train as a pilot. Now, sixty-eight years later, he…

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…

Fake SEAL Pleads Guilty to Stolen Valor

Ian Harvey

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…

Tankfest 2020 Raises over €62,000 for The Tank Museum

With the support of World of Tanks, Tankfest saw over 1m total views, and 34.4k concurrent viewers in the first live-streamed historic tank event ever…

Grand Tactician Releases in Early Access on the 21st of August

The ultimate American Civil War strategy and tactic game finally has a release date. On the 21st of August Grand Tactician: The Civil War 1861-1865 will be released on Steam, in Early Access,…

Part Time Viking Stabs Girlfriend While Practising Battle Moves!

Ian Harvey

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

Ian Harvey

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

Ian Harvey

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

Ian Harvey

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…