Editorial Team
Obama Honors Two WWI Soldiers With Medals of Honor
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Wilson, New York National Guard senior enlisted advisor, accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of Pvt. Henry Johnson, who served during World War I…
Look up 64,000 New York vets killed in various wars incl. WWI – WWII
For the two wars, the New York National Guard kept track of each death of a member of the Armed Forces who called New York home or served through the…
WATCH: Private Snafu – Spies Episode during WWII
PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 3: Spies Private Snafu was the title character of a series of American instructional cartoon shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, produced by Warner Bros., between 1943 and 1945…
WATCH: WWI German Gewehr 98 Sniper
Germany was one of the first nations to really get into the sniping business during World War I, and this is an example of their sniper rifle of the period.…
P-51 Mustang Pilot Missing since WWII Accounted For
The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on 11 June 2015 that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing since World War II, have been identified and are being returned…
Battle of Hill 60 – Three East Surrey Victoria Crosses
Hill 60 had been taken by the Germans in November 1914 during the Battle of First Ypres (Flemish: Ieper). Due to its height it provided an excellent vantage point over Ypres,…
Ben Kuroki, Japanese-American WWII hero, dies at 98
After the Pearl Harbor attack, Ben Kuroki volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps. He would become the first Japanese-American war hero, surviving 58 missions as an aerial gunne Ben…
Radio Chatter of Lancaster Crew being attacked by LW Fighter
This radio chatter clip is from a Lancaster Crew who were flying a mission over Germany during World War Two. The bomber got attacked by a German fighter later on in…
Capture of U-570 and its Enigma Cipher Machine
The Germans used the Enigma cipher machine for their military communications before and during WWII. In August 1941, the British managed to capture an Enigma coding machine from U-570. The first and only…
China & Russia searching for Remains of Soviet WWII Soldiers
China and Russia will begin a search for the remains of Soviet servicemen who died in battles in northeast China in 1945, the local foreign affairs authority announced Monday. The search…
