The Day Japan Lost Her Airforce – “Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot down home”
“Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot down home!” This comment from a pilot from the USS Lexington refers to the Battle…
New Netflix Film Does A Good Job Of Honoring Irish UN Peacekeepers Besieged in Congo
Tadhg Quinn was effusive in his praise for the recently released film that tells the unknown story of A company, a UN force composed of…
How the WW2 German ‘Schnellboot’ S-102 Was Found in the Black sea
Recreational divers located the located the remains of a WWII German ‘Schnellboot’ lying in forty feet of water in the Black Sea near Crimea. The…
Shot By A German Bullet, An American Flag Flown On D-Day Goes on Display
The Netherlands’ National Military Museum received a fragile American flag on Thursday. The flag once flew on the boat that carried the first US troops…
U.S. Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Fighting U.S. Army to Honor Buddies’ Sacrifices
Between 1961 and 1975, thousands of U.S. military helicopter pilots, gunners, crew chiefs, and medics spearheaded U.S. attempts to hold the 67,000 square miles of…
Tank Profile: Soviet Medium Tank T-34, Pics and Video!
The legendary game changing tank of the Soviet Red Army ― the T 34, with all its variants was the backbone of USSR armored units.…
MoH: G. Timmerman Sacrificed Himself To Save His Tank Crew From Hand Grenade
By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Grant Timmerman had already served a 4-year enlistment in the Marine Corps. However, Timmerman was…
As A Bitter Joke, Adolf Hitler Was Nominated For The Nobel Peace Prize in 1939
Your daily dose of random and strange. Adolf Hitler was once nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize has a long history, dating back to…
From The Roman Empire To The Atom Bomb – Four Military Technologies Stolen From the Enemy
In war, one side often adopts the tactics or weapons of another. A lot of the time this is a matter of small shifts, the…
The Tragic Loss of Nathan Bruckenthal, The Only US Coast Guard Casualty of the Iraq War
The Iraq War is most often remembered for its ground combat. The insurgency which gripped the country after the fall of Saddam Hussein focused its…
World War Two: The Assassination Of A Nazi Mastermind
Hitler gripped Germany and the occupied regions with the help of a network of killers who competed with him in inhumanity and barbarism. One such…
Inspiring Humility Of a Quiet American World War Two Private, Who Has Passed Away at 95
Pete Bang was proud to talk about his days as a “knuckle busting” mechanic. He’d talk about how he kept his home and yard in…