Spy gadgets made for WW2 secret agents up for auction – and they display British ingenuity
Spy gadgets disguised as everyday items aren’t just a work of fiction for 007 in James Bond films, they exist for real and come into…
“He was a giver” – Missouri Native Excelled at West Point, Wounded While Leading Troops in WWII
Barely 30 years of age, Missouri native Elliott Woodrow Amick had already endured a lifetime of harrowing experiences and amassed an impressive list of accomplishments…
“Earn My Rank” – Former Women’s Army Corps Member Achieves Rank of Lieutenant Colonel
Growing up the daughter of a rural preacher and an electric lineman, and in a combined family of seven children, Carol Jean Dameron Bailey realized…
Daft Lightning Weapons People Actually Thought Would Work
New weapons are being developed all the time. Humans have come up with plenty of ways to kill each other but some never made it…
Gary Sinise Has a Special Message for this Lucky Veteran… His Mortgage is Getting Paid Off
US Navy veteran Bill Day thought home ownership was a far off dream… till he got a special video call from actor Gary Sinise. Sinise,…
New Book Alleges Poisonous Pacific Legacy of the American Military
Japan-based journalist Jon Mitchell has made it his life’s work to investigate and record the many ways in which he sees the Pacific Ocean has…
Falklands Aircraft Carrier Hermes now the INS Viraat for the Scrapheap
The Centaur-class aircraft carrier, laid down in 1944, but not commissioned until 1959, had a distinguished 25 years of service with the British Royal Navy,…
Hundred-Year-Old Carrier Pigeon Message Discovered in French Field
A couple walking in a field in France last September discovered a tiny aluminum capsule in a field. Upon opening it, they discovered a message…
9th Episode of WW2 Podcast Series – “The Finest Half Hour” – is out Now!
Commanders! The ninth episode of our WW2 podcast series – “The Finest Half Hour” – is out now! The war in the desert begins! Mussolini…
1943 M4A1 Grizzly Sherman for Sale
This M4A1 Grizzly is an adaptation of the Sherman medium tank that was built in Canada in late 1943. It is a cast-hull variant of…
Bunker Hill – The Rabble Strikes Back
On May 25, 1775 – as gulls squawked, circling overhead – the British frigate HMS Cerberas dropped anchor in Boston harbor. Onboard, generals William Howe,…
Four Excellent Manuals from Haynes – Review by Mark Barnes
I once collected a multi-volume aviation history part work we do not see the like of today thanks to the glories of the worldwide web…