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The Forgotten First Lady: Varina Howell

First Ladies of the United States are obliged to serve in a unique, often confining role which finds them performing duties that they likely did not expect to fulfill when…

WATCH: Interview with WWII Veteran Nathan G. Slater serving in Normandy & Ardennes

Nathan G. Slater was born in December of 1924 to Aaron and Ella Jane Slater. He was the 5th of 10 children (7 boys, 3 girls). His father, Aaron, was a blaster…

James Holland Burma ’44

Being there . . . . for the rarely described and discussed “Forgotten War”, the Burma Campaign,fought between the Allies and the Japanese between 8 December 1941 and 12 August…

TRAILER: 303 Squadron (2018) – Movie about the Polish RAF Fighters!

The Trailer of 303 Squadron has finally been released and the movie itself will launch in UK Cinemas on November 9, 2018! 303 Squadron, is a Polish/British production directed by…

Hamburg 1940-45; Me 163 vs Allied Heavy Bombers; Fw 190 Sturmjager

Being there . . . . by 10 May of 1940 when the Allied bombing of Germany began. One worryafter another began piling up for the German people who kept…

THE 9MM MOSSBERG MC2 COMPACT PISTOL & THE MOSSBERG MC2SC SUB COMPACT

It is a very well-known fact, that Mossberg manufactures outstanding military/police and sporting shotguns, as well as a line of rifles that are worth owning. When I first heard that Mossberg was…

Custer’s Best; The Officer Corps of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry; Fort Abraham Lincoln Dakota Territory

heroically during the two-day battle, good men who were not interested in an appropriateending to their military careers, but decent men who were a microcosm of the U.S. Army on…

Lincoln’s Senior Generals

following a sterling introduction, his chronological summary of Union Army activities afterLincoln becomes President and Commander-in-Chief, i.e., the army in 1861; placing the UnionArmy in the field for the first…

Breakthrough (1950)

An American infantry unit, from its pre-invasion training to combat in Europe using (approx. 1/3) various preexisting authentic wartime footage. Captain Hale leads a company of infantrymen from the 1st Infantry Division from…

The Hero of Goirle: The Untold Story of Karl-Heinz Rosch

At the corner of the streets of Dorpstraat and Beatrixstraat in the small town of Riel in the Netherlands, an unlikely statue has an unlikely home. The statue of a…