Numerous Medals for Gallant Service Presented to US Pacific War Veteran’s Sister After 70 years
The family of a long-deceased American soldier, Lexie Lee Lillard, received not just one but many medals last Wednesday at Jay, Kentucky for his service…
World War II Veterans Return To The Skies With A Commemorative Flight On A Rare B-17 Bomber
For the two World War II veterans, their recent flight in a B-17G was nothing like those they experienced almost three-quarters of a century ago.…
This 81-Year-Old Japanese-American US Army Veteran Is Educating the Young About WW2 Internment
“It makes no difference if he is an American citizen or not. He’s still Japanese … I don’t want any of them here. They are…
The War Reporter Who Brought World War II Home To Americans And Died In The Line Of Duty
Ernie Pyle was a war correspondent from Indiana in World War II. On December 1, 1942, on assignment in Algiers, he wrote: “Life is completely…
American Marine’s Remains Make It Home to Nebraska 70 Years On
A Marine from Chadron, Nebraska, who died in World War II, is coming home. Sergeant Fae Verlin Moore was killed at the age of 23…
WWII Veterans Have Lessons To Teach Us All: One American Veteran Shares His Memories
Living through a harrowing experience, such as WWII, leaves many anxieties in its wake, the least of which are the dreams that your subconscious puts…
Babi Yar Massacre Site in Ukraine Marked with Holocaust Memorial
Ukraine will start planning a Holocaust Memorial at Babi Yar, a gulley near the country’s capital city of Kiev where 34,000 Jews were murdered by…
Bletchley Park Code Breakers – A Secret Letter From Eisenhower
Imagine today’s world without computers. Imagine a world of ciphers, secret letters, code breakers and secret intelligence centres – this is the stuff of which…
The Desperate Banzai Charge On Okinawa
On April 6th, 1945, nearing the end World War II, Japanese forces launched a massive air counter-offensive against the invading American military on the island…
Mike Durant, Who Was Taken Prisoner After the Fateful ‘Black Hawk Down’ Mission, is No Ordinary Man
On first meeting Michael J. Durant, you would find him a pleasant, ordinary, American family man. He enjoys playing ice hockey and is also dynamic…
The American M18 Hellcat Was The Fastest and The Deadliest Allied Tank Destroyer In WW2
Apart from being the most effective American tank destroyer during WWII, the M18 Hellcat also held a speed record in the US tank arsenal until…
Incredible Discovery: Turret of German WW2 Tank… In The Middle of a Field in Poland!
An unusual remnant of World War II was found by a group of military history enthusiasts in the middle of a field in Poland on…