Editorial Team
The British Midget Submarine Attack on Battleship Tirpitz
“My first thought that she was so pretty, it seemed an awful shame to have to blow her (Battleship Tirpitz) up.” — John Lorimer, sub-lieutenant, X-6 mini-submarine By the summer of 1943,…
Two WWII Purple Hearts of Fallen Soldiers Return Home
The Purple Heart Medal of Pfc. James T. Hull is embraced by his brother, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Cecil Hull during a ceremony on July 24, 2015. (Credits: Maj. Randall Stillinger)…
Auschwitz Bookkeeper Oskar Gröning sentenced to 4 years
Oskar Gröning in uniform as an SS-Rottenführer. 94 year old Oskar Gröning, a former Auschwitz death camp guard, has been convicted by a German court for his role in the…
World War II Spitfire unearthed in Slamannan field
Imagine you’re in your prime, young and fit, plenty of prospects with a life full of hope and ambition ahead of you. You have a loving family of both parents…
Donation stops WWII Dambusters Pilot from having to sell his medals
The last surviving Dambusters pilot is gifting his medals to the Auckland Museum of Transport and Technology. 95 year old veteran Les Munro had been planning to auction off his medals to benefit…
World's Unluckiest man: Tsutomu Yamaguchi – Survivor of two Atomic Bombs
Atomic Cloud over Nagasaki. (Credits: Wikimedia Commons) On August 9, 1945 a Boeing B-29 Superfortress nicknamed “Bockscar”, piloted by Major Charles Sweeney, took off from Tinian’s North Field just before dawn around,…
2Lt. John R. Pedevillano receives Presidential Unit Citation
Sen. John McCain and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry O. Spencer congratulate 2nd Lt. John Pedevillano, a WWII Army Air Corps B-17 bombardier, during a ceremony in…
Remains of WWII Hero MOH 1Lt Bonnyman to be buried sunday
Lead archaeologist Kristen N. Baker of History Flight, Inc., carefully exposes the remains of Medal of Honor recipient, First Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr., in May. (Credits: Clay Bonnyman Evans/History Flight,…
Veteran Remembering Tarawa during WWII Fights Back Tears
World War II Veteran Bob Ashburn recalls witnessing the gruesome aftermath of the Bloody Battle of Tarawa as an 18-year-old teenager. Tarawa was such a bloody battle and an often…
TRAILER: Son of Saul (Saul fia) (2015)
Son of Saul is set in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in 1944, and one Hungarian Jewish prisoner named Saul (played by Géza Röhrig) is a member of the Sonderkommando, a group…
