“We Were Soldiers” Hal Moore Talks About The Battle For Ia Drang
Lt. General Hal Moore talks about the Battle of Ia Drang at the 2008 American Veterans Center’s conference. It was November 14, 1965, in the…
Battle of the Crater: Disastrous Battle for the Union in the American Civil War
Colonel Delavan Bates waited 27 years to receive his Medal of Honor. He was awarded the prestigious accolade in 1891 for “gallantry in action where…
Amazing Rare Footage of The Heavy German Tiger Tank – Feared On The Battlefields of WW2
The Tiger Tank was without a doubt the tank which was most feared by the Allied forces during the Second World War. The thing that…
Heavy Tank Profile: One of The Most Effective Tanks of WW2 – The King Tiger
Following the fearsome Tiger I, its successor brought on even more armor and firepower. Even though Tiger II was only operational during a brief period…
The Mighty Japanese Battleship Musashi – The Launch that Flooded Nagasaki
It was one of the biggest ships to ever ply the seas and ensure Japan’s conquest of the Asia-Pacific region during WWII. It was so…
5 Ancient Generals Who Had No Problem Fighting Heroically On The Front Lines
Generals now certainly do not fight on the front lines, that would be ridiculous. Perhaps the last time we had instances of high-ranking officers in…
The American Historian Who Took On A Holocaust Denier – Her Story Has Been Made Into A Movie
Deborah Lipstadt is a historian whose recent book, History on Trial, has been made into the movie, Denial. Ask her whether Holocaust denial is still…
Numerous Medals for Gallant Service Presented to US Pacific War Veteran’s Sister After 70 years
The family of a long-deceased American soldier, Lexie Lee Lillard, received not just one but many medals last Wednesday at Jay, Kentucky for his service…
World War II Veterans Return To The Skies With A Commemorative Flight On A Rare B-17 Bomber
For the two World War II veterans, their recent flight in a B-17G was nothing like those they experienced almost three-quarters of a century ago.…
This 81-Year-Old Japanese-American US Army Veteran Is Educating the Young About WW2 Internment
“It makes no difference if he is an American citizen or not. He’s still Japanese … I don’t want any of them here. They are…
The War Reporter Who Brought World War II Home To Americans And Died In The Line Of Duty
Ernie Pyle was a war correspondent from Indiana in World War II. On December 1, 1942, on assignment in Algiers, he wrote: “Life is completely…
American Marine’s Remains Make It Home to Nebraska 70 Years On
A Marine from Chadron, Nebraska, who died in World War II, is coming home. Sergeant Fae Verlin Moore was killed at the age of 23…