Josef Stalin Still Casting Long Shadow In Sochi
His summer retreat makes it possible to imagine the kind of life Stalin was living when he was there or anywhere else in the world…
Blue Water Navy Veterans Denied Benefits from Agent Orange Exposure
There are hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans who believe it to be fair that they receive some sort of workers compensation because of the…
Dramatic Footage Of WW2 Bomb Raid Emerges
The footage was taken from an RAF Lancaster bomber as it was flying at low level during a Second World War raid. It emerged from…
Trademark Leather Coat Owned By Notorious Nazi Albert Speer That Inspired Herr Flick To Go Under The Hammer
The leather coat, which was found by an Allied serviceman following the end of the Second World War, came with a letter of the soldier,…
Quincy Man William Caddy: WWII Hero at Iwo Jima
What set William Caddy from the rest of the American soldiers who fought during WWII? He gave up his life for his comrades by throwing…
Joe Rosenthal and WWII’s Most Iconic Photo from 69 Years Ago
The raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima by five marines and one Navy corpsman is, perhaps, WWII’s most iconic picture as it was able…
Meeting A Veteran – By John Henry Phillips
We grow up on stories of World War 2. From being a child pretending a fallen twig is a gun, to the extra excitement when…
Czech Pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain Passes Away at 95 Years Old
In Prague, fighter pilot Miroslav Standera has passed away. Standera fled Czechoslovakia so that he could fight alongside the British and French air forces…
Whiteman Leaders Deliver Long-overdue Medals To WWII POW
Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. called him again last month, almost five years since he was the guest of honor at the annual remembrance day…
300 Veterans to Attend the 70 Year Anniversary of D-Day
There will be almost 300 veterans from the United States who participated in the Second World War D-Day landings, hoping to attend this ceremonies in…
Lost D-Day Helmet Finally Reunited with Its Canadian Owner
Approximately seventy years ago, George Johnston was a member of the North Shore Regiment’s B Company in the Second World War. From 1940 to 1946,…
Singapore: The Marsiling Tunnels Tour to Celebrate Battle of Singapore
This year is the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Singapore and to celebrate this, the country’s National Heritage Board launched a new tour –…