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    Didn’t Know It Could Do That: U-2 Landing and Taking Off From A Carrier!

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    Feb 7, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    The U-2 spy plane, Dragon Lady, is notoriously difficult to land because it has a tendency to hover over the runway and is very susceptible…

    The Battle of Ortona – When 2,600 Canadian Men Were Sacrificed for a British General’s Pride

    • World War 2
    Feb 7, 2016 Shahan Russell

    In December 1943, a group of largely untested Canadians went up against German forces in the Italian town of Ortona. The result was a bloodbath…

    Did You Know Our Grandparents Met Civil War Soldiers? Links To The Past!

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    Feb 7, 2016 Jinny McCormick

    The Civil War was long ago, but there are living people that remember meeting veterans of that war in their schools and town squares when…

    Palomares Nuclear Bomb Accident – When The USA Lost 4 Nukes in A Mid Air Collision

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    Feb 7, 2016 Ian Harvey

    On January 17, 1966 a B52 bomber of USAF Strategic Air Command was at 31,000 feet over the Spanish coast near the village of Palomares…

    The Highway Of Death – First Gulf War

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    Feb 7, 2016 Ian Harvey

    Kuwait – Iraq highways, including highway 80 and highway 8 are the direct road routes connecting the Middle Eastern countries together. They are huge highways,…

    World War One Muslim memorial plans drawn up

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    Feb 7, 2016 Ian Harvey

    Plans for a new Muslim memorial to honour and remember hundreds of thousands of soldiers of Muslim background who fought for the Allies during World…

    George & Martha Washington – A Revolutionary Marriage – Review by Mark Barnes

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    Feb 6, 2016 Mark Barnes

    It will be apparent to regular sufferers of my writings I am more at home with 20th century conflict than anything much older. But Lucy…

    Trapped Behind Enemy Lines, WWII Veteran Risked His Life During Battle Of The Bulge

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    Feb 6, 2016 Ian Harvey

    Richard Arthur Thomas is a gentle, humble 97-year-old who hides a heroic nature behind his unassuming façade. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, as…

    Jan Žižka: The Blind and Undefeated General of the Hussite Wars

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    Feb 6, 2016 William Mclaughlin

    Few generals throughout history can say that they were undefeated over their career, fewer still can be credited with doing so with a mob of…

    See The Frozen Hell From Which The C-47 Crew Escaped – Yukon Crash Site Revisited Vol 2

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    Feb 6, 2016 Hans Wiesman

    In this Dakota Hunter Blog,  you will see some unique photos of the crashed USAF C-47, that went down over the Yukon in February 1950. …

    B-17E Bomber Rescued from Papua New Guinea Swamp, Now On Display in Hawaii

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    Feb 6, 2016 Ian Harvey

    A B-17E bomber that crashed during World War Two has been moved to in Hawaii and is now on display. It was just after the bombing…

    The Marshalls-Gilberts Raids of 1942: America’s Pearl Harbor Payback

    • World War 2
    Feb 6, 2016 Heather Fishel

    American President Franklin Roosevelt spoke words that would last for decades, for centuries when he decreed that December 7, 1941 would forever be a day…

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