Traveling Exhibit Showcases Children’s Items from Bosnian Conflict
A touring exhibition in Bosnia aims, in part, to warn people about how harrowing the effect of armed conflict on children is. It contains thousands…
Filipino World War II Hero
The Silver Star is the third-highest honor for gallantry in the U.S. Armed Forces. Previous recipients include Audie Murphy, Chuck Yeager, and Norman Schwartzkopf. But…
An Exhibition of Belarusians in the Polish Army in 1935-1945 Sheds New Light on History
On July 7th, an exhibition titled Belarusians in the Polish Army 1939-1945 from Igor Melnikov’s Private Collection was opened at the National History Museum of…
WWII Veteran gets his dog tags back that he lost 73 years earlier in Italy!
Jury Galli concentrated hard on the beeps from his metal detector. He was sweeping the beach near his home in Pisa, Italy when suddenly the…
Former Tuskegee Airman Passes Away at Age 94
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. flew with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. He recently passed away at the age of 94. He broke…
Unclaimed Remains of Veterans Interred in Ceremony
A funeral service was held at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, for thirty veterans whose remains were never claimed after wars stretching back…
Dauntless Dive-Bomber Found in Lake Michigan to be Restored at Portage Air Zoo
Until recently, no one knew that Lake Michigan was home to a World War II relic. The Dauntless dive-bomber plane sat at the bottom of…
A Man Misidentified in Famous Flag Raising Photo is Identified by Local Expert
The image in America of six Marines raising a flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is one of the most iconic of all time. It…
Commemorative ceremony used to condemn anti-Semitism
A strong message from Poland’s Conservative President, Andrzej Duda, against xenophobia, prejudice and racism was made at a recent commemorative ceremony held to honour the…
An Escape Tunnel is Located at this Holocaust Massacre Site
A group of archaeologists and mapmakers seems to have discovered a long-forgotten hand-dug tunnel. The 70-year-old tunnel, dug mostly by hand by 80 Jews, was…
Nikita Krushchev’s Son Still Missing in Action from World War II
Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s son is still considered missing in action. A former chief of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Directorate for the Memorialization of…
Touchy move of Soviet War Monuments by Poles
The Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), based in Warsaw, plans to move over 200 monuments originally set up by the Soviets after the end of…