Your Chance to Fly a Massive Martin Mars World War II Aircraft
A company on Vancouver Island is providing a rare opportunity to fly the world’s largest water bomber, the World War II-era Martin Mars. The Ultimate…
94-year-old Man Sentenced for Involvement in Auschwitz
Reinhold Hanning, a former guard at Auschwitz, was sentenced to jail for being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people in the…
World War II Veteran Dies Shortly After Receiving Légion d’Honneur
Eric Barley, a 92-year-old veteran of World War II, was awarded the Légion d’Honneur, France’s highest honor for bravery, in February this year. Three months…
World War II Spy Receives Posthumous Award
Stephanie Czech Rader was known as the wife of a famous military aviator. Now she is being recognized as a spy who reported on Soviet…
Jim Symes, Decorated World War II Veteran, Dies at 96
Major Jim Symes, a two-time Military Cross recipient, passed away at the age of 96. He received the first of the two honors for an…
Filipino Vets Allowed to Reunite with Family Members
Randolph “Rudy” Panaglima joined a Filipino guerrilla unit with his father when he was just 13 years old. The guerrillas were secretly working with the…
Former World War II Tank Commander Went on to Become a Race Car Driver
David Render was a tank commander in World War II who fought at Gold Beach during the Normandy invasion in 1944. Although tank commanders averaged…
Awesome! Red Army War Sleds With Airplane Engines & Guns!
The Winter War of 1939, between Finland and the Soviet Union, convinced the Soviets to develop more effective tactics in the so-called “General Winter” conditions.…
Man Finds World War II Love Letters in Shed
Derrick Heckman found a box of papers in the back of a shed. “I found this box,” Heckman said. “I saw these letters with this unique…
100 Year Old WWII Veteran Takes To The Skies In WWII Biplane
Cliff Crozier, a veteran of WWII, turned one hundred years old on the 6th of September 2015, in a little town near Liverpool in England. Friends…
This Family Survived Being Torpedoed By A German Submarine in World War II
Ray Downs was sailing with his family on the freighter Heredia on May 19th, 1942. He was eight years old at the time, and they…
WWII Veterans Reunite After 70 Years
Robert Carter, 91, was looking through a Legion Magazine earlier this year when he spotted someone he hadn’t seen for 70 years. “Oh I recognized…