A Veteran Of The Normandy Landings – To brightly shine again?
During 2015 we saw the world remember the events of seventy years earlier and the end of World War 2, each passing day we lose…
82nd Airborne D-Day Paratrooper Returns to Normandy, For The Last Time?
Ralph Ticcioni’s first taste of France and all things French was of a barn roof – his parachute had caught on the weather vane! It…
A Letter Saved from the 1870 Siege in Paris
Australia’s national archive in Brisbane has come across a letter that was flown out of Paris by a balloon during the Prussian siege in the nineteenth…
WWII Paratrooper Receives Awards the Day Before his Death
A SAS veteran has passed away only a day after being awarded France’s highest acknowledgements for bravery in battle – the white cross and the…
An Oklahoma 101st Airborne Airborne Veteran Remembers Bastogne
Veteran James Ahrend was a combat engineer with the 101st Airborne Division. Several years ago he went to Washington, D.C. to see the National World…
Ox & Bucks World War Two Veteran Seeks Family Of Best Friend Who Was Killed In Normandy
Stock image of soldiers moving inland on Sword Beach Bill Adams is a World War Two veteran and has been searching for the family of…
The Greatest Lie In History – Double Agent Garbo & D-Day Landings
The D-Day landings on June 6th, 1944 was the Allies attempt to invade Europe and finally push back the Nazi invaders once and for all. General…
D-Day hero Dies The Day After Receiving France’s Highest Honor
On June 6th 1944 some 7000 ships took part in D-Day, one of the largest seaborne invasion in world history. A total of 132,000 allied…
PBJ Bomber to be Restored One Last Time And Put On Display
During a training run on June 6th, 1944, the crew in a Navy/Marine PBJ-1J bomber dipped low to the water over Lake Greenwood, South Carolina…
Omaha Beach Survivor Receives Légion d’honneur Organised By His Wartime Buddy
The Légion d’honneur was originated by Napoléon Bonaparte. It is France’s highest honour. On the 70th anniversary of D-Day in June 2014, the French President…
The Incredible Story of Joseph Beyrle, the Only American to fight for both the U.S. and Russian Army in WWII
For much of the last 70 years, someone who fought for both America and Russia might bring to mind some Cold War espionage, a double…
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…