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    Returning a Purple Heart medal is very important to an American Vietnam veteran

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    Feb 1, 2017 Ian Harvey

    Don Crigger is a man on a mission: the Marine veteran who saw action in Vietnam is searching for the owner of a lost Second…

    Fantastic – The Generosity of Strangers Allows 110-Year-Old WW2 Veteran to Remain In His Home

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    Jan 30, 2017 Ian Harvey

    Austin, TX –  Richard Overton, believed to be the oldest living World War Two veteran, will be able to continue to live in the home…

    The Iowa Class: A Departure from Traditional US Battleship Design

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    Jan 30, 2017 Guest Author

    War History Online presents this Guest Article from Chris Knupp The four vessels of the Iowa class were the last battleships put to sea by…

    Napier Sabre Engine Secured For Use In The restoration Of Hawker Typhoon MKIb

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    Jan 30, 2017 Press Releases

    Working closely with Cranfield University, the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group (HTPG) are delighted to announce the securing of a Napier Sabre IIa aero engine, serial…

    US Soldiers Who Earned the Medal of Honor Without Ever Touching a Weapon

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    Jan 29, 2017 Ian Harvey

    There have been three conscientious objectors who were awarded the Medal of Honor – the highest military honor in the US – without ever firing…

    January 2017 Marks the 50th Anniversary of “Cedar Falls” Vietnam Offensive

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    Jan 29, 2017 Ian Harvey

    The US Army’s First and 25th Infantry Divisions began Operation Cedar Falls in January of 1967. It was an offensive to take out the strongholds…

    Amazing colorized images of WWII bring the war to life for modern viewers

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    Jan 29, 2017 Jack Beckett

    Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colorization.  The beauty of these colorized images is that color allows you…

    Honoring the dead of HMS Formidable

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    Jan 29, 2017 Ian Harvey

    A century on, the sailors who died in a shocking attack in Lyme Bay have been remembered. HMS Formidable, a Royal Navy battleship, was sunk…

    Signals intelligence and code-breaking: The importance of the Zimmerman Telegram

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    Jan 28, 2017 Ian Harvey

    January 17 of this year marked the 100 – year anniversary of the most successful intelligence operation of the First World War that wasn’t surpassed…

    The unsung heroes of the First World War: Missouri mules

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    Jan 28, 2017 Ian Harvey

    The Missouri Historical Society is reminding history buffs, as the 100th anniversary of America’s involvement in the First World War approaches, that the state dispatched…

    “The Lost Battle” Documentary – the meaning of re-enacting history

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    Jan 28, 2017 Press Releases

    Filmed on location at the 950th-anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings on October 16, 2016, the six-minute short documentary ‘The Lost Battle’ attempts to…

    International Holocaust Remembrance Day – January 27, 2017

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    Jan 27, 2017 Jack Beckett

    On January 27, 1945, soldiers from the Soviet Army’s 322nd Rifle Division entered the remains of the death camp at Auschwitz – Birkenau. The camp…

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