Joe Medicine Crow: Last War Chief Of The Crow Nation & Last Ever War Chief Of The Plains Indians
Joe Medicine Crow, the last individual to become a war chief in the crow nation. To do this he had to complete the 4 tasks…
Levi Oakes honored as a Mohawk Code Talker in a Ceremony in Ottawa
In 2002, Nicholas Cage starred in Windtalkers as a soldier assigned to protect a Navajo soldier who used his native language as an unbreakable code.…
NEW BOOK reveals TOP SECRET archive information about Pointe du Hoc & the US Rangers.
Author and historian Gary Sterne’s long-awaited study of the US Army D-Day Rangers is now available in 2 volumes published by Pen & Sword Publishing. In…
‘A valuable experience’ – Missouri Farmer Trained at Camp Crowder & Served in Post-War Japan
Missouri veteran James Rackers may have received his draft notice after World War II officially concluded, but his subsequent military experiences would still carry him…
The Tank Museum has Purchased a Rare WW2 Beaverette Armoured Car
The vehicle has been on the Museum’s ‘wants’ list for some time, to feature in its upcoming Second World War exhibition, and came up for…
Archduke Franz Ferdinand And The Era Of Assassination
The Great War centenary will soon be consigned as a piece of history itself, but books dedicated to the conflict continue to pile up in…
‘Really something else’ – Navy veteran served aboard a submarine chaser in Pacific during WWII
In the years after he finished the eighth grade at St. Francis Xavier School in Taos, Missouri, local resident Bernard Heet remained actively employed helping…
Movie Material: Tommy Prince Was so Effective, Germans Believed he Was an Evil Spirit
There weren’t too many units in World War Two that fought vigorously enough to earn the nickname “the Devil’s Brigade,” besides the First Special Service…
Wereth 11: They Felt Safe, That Night Would Turn Out to be Their Last, 1st SS Pulled up Outside
As the German onslaught grew more truculent, the Battle of the Bulge came to feature a myriad of dramas with many heroic and villainous actions.…
Donation from Shoen Family of U-Haul to Restore a Pearl Harbor Icon
Ford Island Control Tower Repairs, Elevator Enabled by Family’s Contribution The Ford Island Control Tower, the historic structure that witnessed and withstood the attack on…
What the Allies Faced: Over 30 Photos of The German Opposition At Normandy
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and when that picture is taken during wartime, what it communicates is often tragedy,…
“Devastated Lands” Special Exhibition Opens Tuesday, Dec. 11 at National WWI Museum & Memorial
When asked to describe the geography of the Western Front in the aftermath of World War I, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom John Masefield…