To Do My Duty. The Scout Master & Hitler’s Nuclear Program
In the early twentieth century, a British man named Baden Powell founded the Boy Scout Movement. From this humble organization, Scouting spread across the globe.…
The Tupolev Tu-128: The Largest Fighter Aircraft to Ever be in Service
In the early decades of the Cold War, threats of potential nuclear air attacks were familiar on both sides of the tension. Both the Soviet…
History For Sale: Ruined WW2 Gun Tower – Would Make a Cool Home
Real estate experts tell us that location is the key ingredient to getting top dollar when selling a property. Even more important than a building’s…
The Right Decision? Heroic End Of French Fleet – Scuttled 77 Ships To Avoid Capture By Nazi Germany
It was exactly 4:00 AM on November 27, 1942. A thick veil of darkness was lingering over the skies of Toulon, but the city’s inhabitants were…
Court Rules in Favor of Navy Vets Receiving Benefits for Agent Orange Exposure
A recent ruling by a U.S. appeals court has paved the way for thousands of Vietnam veterans to receive benefits that they were barred from…
Tokyo Mose & the Ear Medal – The Irreverent Antidote to Tokyo Rose
Iva Toguri, a Japanese woman born in the US, became well-known during World War II as “Tokyo Rose,” one of the hosts of The Zero…
Hanbury Crater: 4000 Tons of Bombs, Million Rounds & Britain’s biggest WWII Explosion
On November 27, 1944, at 11:11 AM the quiet English countryside was rocked by one of the most deadly explosions to occur to occur during…
The Marine The Viet Cong Couldn’t Break He Was Last Seen On a Jungle Trail in November 1967
Of all the bad things that could happen to an American soldier during the Vietnam War, becoming a prisoner of war in the hands of…
Vietnam Veteran Funeral Attended by as Many as 5,000 After Online Appeal
Joseph Walker, a 72-year-old resident of Dale, Texas, died on November 19, 2018. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran who had served in Vietnam.…
Liquid Fire – How Napalm Turned Vietnam Into a Fiery Hell
The fire borrowed by humanity from Mother Nature at the dawn of civilization first gave warmth, protection, and hot food, but it soon turned into a…
Seven Strange Looking German Armored Cars of WW2
During the Second World War, the Germans made extensive use of military vehicles to master a new form of warfare, in which the combustion engine…
Marine & Lone Ranger Actor Wasn’t KIA He Actually Died of Alcohol Poisoning From Drinking Moonshine
For those of us of a certain age, the sound of the William Tell Overture and the sight of a masked rider on a white…