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When The Coast Guard Supported The D.E.A. And Flew Resupply And Bombing Missions Against The Shining Path

The U.S. Coast Guard has always been there to help those in distress, but that doesn’t always mean ships in a storm. In the Fall…

Gave Me A Challenge – Veteran gained valuable career experience while serving in the Air Force

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…

When the Soviets Shot Down A U-2 Spyplane, The Cold War Turned Hot

Waqas Ali

The Lockheed U-2 also known as the “Dragon Lady” is a high altitude recon aircraft that was built in 1957 to gather a range of…

“Kiddie Cruise” – Local veteran shares story of service in U.S. Navy during the late 1950s

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…

This Is Richard Bong, The USA’s Ace of Aces – He Was Killed in A Test Flight

The names that line the pages of history are many in number – the lengthy lists of men and women who fought, who died, who…

“Desire to prevail” – Veteran’s Cold War career begins with Army Security Agency in Germany

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…

Cornfield “Bomber” – The F-106 Delta Dart that Landed Itself After Pilot Ejected

Elaine Smith

The Convair F-106 Delta Dart is a delta wing interceptor aircraft, not a medium range bomber. Yet when a unique event involving this airplane occurred…

The Day the U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over a Captured Spy Ship

Colin Fraser

In Pyongyang, the North Korean Government keeps a trophy from 1968. Moored on the Botong River, alongside the Pyongyang Victorious War Museum sits the USS…

Saddam’s Secret Super Gun – Project Babylon

Project Babylon was an Iraqi code name for the construction of a supergun, commissioned by Sadam Hussein in 1988. The engineer in charge of the…

How A Small Group Of Canadian Paratroopers Saved Denmark From Soviet Occupation

By May 1945 the war in Europe had finally started to wind down. Yet for the men of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, there was…

Atomic Paradise – Veteran Shares Experience Of Witnessing Atomic Testing In The South Pacific

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star…

Kim Philby: Known As One Of The Most Famous Traitors Of The Cold War

Andrew Knighton

Harold “Kim” Philby, British journalist and intelligence agent, is one of the most famous traitors of the Cold War. Part of the infamous Cambridge spy…