WW2 veteran, Code Talker and chief of the Fort Belknap Assiniboine tribe dies at age 92
Gilbert Horn, Sr. was born in Great Falls, Montana, on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in 1923. To escape the poverty of the reservation, he…
The Father of the A-10 Warthog Remembered With Missing Man Formation
A rare flyover occurred at Arlington National Cemetery in March as four A-10s saluted Col. (Ret.) Avery Kay. Kay died on October 29th 2015 and…
Rome’s Most Hated People (Spoiler: Their Stories Often Don’t End Well)
Through the history of Rome, from the 700’s BCE kingdom to the fall of Rome in 476, or Constantinople in 1453, there have been individuals…
Black Sheep One: Marine Fighter Ace With 26 Kills -Gregory “Pappy” Boyington
Gregory Boyington would often muse that during his 20 months as a Japanese POW his health actually improved due to the forced sobriety. Affectionately known…
Fearing Crash & Detonation On Takeoff, The First Atomic Bomb Had To Be Assembled In Flight
In 1945, the final days of World War II were coming to a close – but not before the world was forever changed. Over the…
Beer Bombers: Boys Will Be Boys and Soldiers Needed Their Beer!
Only a few days after the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, the dust and heat of the tortured area stirred up quite a thirst…
Korea: Marine Manned Machinegun Alone – Found Dead Next Morning With Over 200 Dead Enemies Around Him
The history of war is comprised of many occupational specialties necessary for military victory. Within the culture of Military Service, one would often find rivalries…
John Capes, In WWII When His Submarine Sank He Swam 170 feet To The Surface and Swam 5 miles To Shore
During WWII, John Hawtrey Capes said he have saved three crew members of a sunken submarine. He was given a British Empire Medal for Meritorious…
Historic Guernsey Fort for sale – Bring £2 million
The island of Guernsey, situated off the coast of Normandy is a British Crown Dependency. It is not a part of the British Isles but…
How SS Commando Skorzeny Became an Assassin for Israel
German scientist Heinz Krug vanished on September 11, 1962. Krug was at his office, and then he was gone without ever returning home. The only…
New Documents Reveal Cannibalism Took Place at Nazi Concentration Camps
During Harold Le Druillenec’s time at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, it was his job to throw bodies into graves. The Briton from the Jersey, in…
Tailwind pushed WW2 vintage Stearman into ditch, snarling Texas airport traffic
On April 3rd, a retired Marine, who was flying the classic biplane, had landed safely at the David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport in Spring, Texas,…