The Battleship of Union Square: How a 200ft Wooden ‘Destroyer’ Got Recruits To Join the Navy
The destroyer USS Recruit docked at Manhattan’s Union Square in 1917, but was in fact a wooden replica that was used as a recruitment drive to encourage civilians…
Top 10 Most Senseless Wars of All Time
Images used (Clockwise from top left): (1) Sultan Kalid Barghash of Zanzibar who ruled from August 25 to August 27, 1896 (2) The French forces…
He Managed to Convey the Truth by Blinking “TORTURE” in Morse Code During the Vietnam War
Prisoner Of War Jeremiah Denton, who survived 7 years locked in a tiny windowless cell in Hanoi during the Vietnam war, has passed away…
The Battleship of Union Square: How a 200ft Wooden ‘Destroyer’ Got Recruits To Join the Navy
The destroyer USS Recruit docked at Manhattan’s Union Square in 1917, but was in fact a wooden replica that was used as a recruitment drive to encourage civilians…
He Managed to Convey the Truth by Blinking “TORTURE” in Morse Code During the Vietnam War
Prisoner Of War Jeremiah Denton, who survived 7 years locked in a tiny windowless cell in Hanoi during the Vietnam war, has passed away…
WWII: Gunner fell 22,000 feet WITHOUT a parachute and survived
S/Sgt. Alan E. Magee poses for the camera, halfway into the tight confines of the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. [Via] Ranked among…
Ten Most Senseless Wars of All Time
Images used (Clockwise from top left): (1) Sultan Kalid Barghash of Zazibar who ruled from August 25 to August 27, 1896 (2) The French forces…
Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: THE LONGEST WINTER – AN EXCERPT
The platoon again opened fire as the Germans got to the fence. This time, it was Private First Class Milosevich who let rip with the…
When Harry Met Joy And Her Battle Of Britain Comrades
The were know as ‘The Few’ by all British people, the team formed of brave servicemen of the RAF who kept Hitler’s Luftwaffe at bay…