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Remembering the Newark air raid that left 41 dead and 165 badly wounded

The Ransome & Marles bearings factory in Newark, Nottinghamshire, which played an important role in World War II, is commemorating the 75th anniversary of an…

Family Still Believes Green Beret Killed During Vietnam War Has Been Found Alive

On the 25th October 1936, John Hartley Robertson was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He had the nickname Johnny and was one of five siblings born…

Fail! The Rolling Rocket Bomb Designed To Smash The Atlantic Wall, Only Ever Managed To Kill A Dog

War is often associated with cutting-edge technologies, which have altered history by changing the outcome of many conflicts. The invention of the bayonet, aerial combat, and…

Fort Wayne’s Veteran spent World War II On a Navy minesweeper

At the outbreak of World War II, radar and sonar were two top secret technologies. To train with these technologies FBI clearance was required and Arthur Spirou…

The Secrets Locked inside a Shipwrecked Trumpet

It doesn’t look like the sort of thing that would have historical secrets locked inside. In fact, it looks more like the kind of thing…

Operation Iceberg, The Largest Amphibious Invasion In The Pacific

Two Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines advance on Wana Ridge on 18 May 1945. Codenamed Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa was the…

WWII veterans remember 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima

U.S. WWII veterans from around the country gathered in Arlington, Virginia, to remember and share stories of their involvement in the 1945 battle of Iwo…

U.S Soldier Waits 70 Years to see His World War II Girlfriend

Norwood Thomas waited  a full seven decades to be reunited with his World War II girlfriend, Joyce Morris, in Australia, just days before Valentine’s Day.…

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…

B-17 Flying Fortress drawn onto field in Suffolk

Commemorations of the World War Two B-17 Flying Fortress bomber have taken place in an unusual way in the English countryside. During the war hundreds…

Battle over Eisenhower Memorial

There is a battle being waged over the plans for a Washington memorial to President Dwight Eisenhower. Some of the delays are expected. Funding has…

Woman Finds Diary Of Man She Loved In World War II Museum

Corporal Thomas “Cotton” Jones served as a marine for the United States military during World War II. Before he was killed by a Japanese sniper in…