WWII soldier who 'died' in 1940 turns 105: Mother was told her son had perished in Dunkirk but she refused to believe the news - two years later he was found in a Naz…
As Hitler's Panzers rolled across France towards Dunkirk in 1940, Alice Barber opened her local paper to read that her ...
Did You Know Heathrow Airport Almost Became A Military Base During World War II?
Heathrow Airport is one of the busiest travel hubs in the world today, but did you know it was never meant to be a commercial ...
WWII airstrip in Central California sold. It was ‘the country club of training bases’
An airstrip once used to develop U.S. pilots during World War II in Central California has been sold. Located in western ...
Russia has suffered its largest troop losses since WW2 with 900,000 dead or wounded on Ukrainian frontline, UK reveals as Zelensky says 'nothing has changed' despite Pu…
Russia has suffered the largest troop losses since World War Two during its invasion of Ukraine, British intelligence has ...
102-year-old World War II veteran removed from voter rolls, mistaken for dead
A Stockton man recently found out he could no longer vote after an error in San Joaquin County marked him as being dead. The 102-year-old Army veteran said the only elections he's missed was when he ...
World War II veteran, friend and Dunnellon resident Clinton Burns has died. He was 103.
Clinton Burns was known throughout Dunnellon and elsewhere as a kind man who loved McDonald's. Learn more about his life here ...
Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ on Broadway is a very British parody of a secret WWII mission
A hit in London, it’s an unusual pick for Broadway, making a musical comedy out of the true story of a plot to fool the Nazis ...
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‘Not a war museum’: Medal of Honor Museum, with focus on recipient stories, opening in Arlington
Museum organizers say when the exhibit opens March 25, it will share the real stories of often-ordinary Americans who took ...
DOD removed, then restored, article about Jackie Robinson in anti-DEI 'content refresh'
In versions archived after the DOD restored the page on March 19, the letters "dei" no longer appeared in the URL. The text ...
Meet the WWII veteran hoping to receive 100 birthday cards in time for his 100th
A community group dedicated to military history posted a photo of Gaston Pettigrew outlining a special request: 100 cards for ...
UK Says Putin's War Has Triggered 'Russia's Largest Losses Since WW2'
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered Russia’s “largest losses since the Second World War”, according to the UK.
War Stories in Their Own Words: ‘I was flying directly into the eye of a typhoon,’ a Lehigh Valley WWII veteran remembers
In 1984, Pearce and his daughter wrote the song “We Love Allentown” in response to Billy Joel’s “Allentown.” It’s been ...