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A list and details of 684 Indian Army Reserve Officers volunteering for the IARO throughout 1916 and published in January 1917 has been uploaded to the FIBIS database website. This book covers those volunteering or re-engaging for service in the I.A.R.O. during 1916 and up to the middle of January 1917. Search the I.A.R.O. Records of …
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MTB219 ready to be launched! On Saturday the 31st of January 2015 our 70ft Second World War Motor Torpedo Boat MTB219 will travel through Bridgwater on her way to be launched in Bridgwater Docks. Following just over a year of restoration work MTB 219, the last one left of her type and veteran of the “Channel …
Torpedo Boat MTB219 from World War 2 ready to be launched Read More »
Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive with 70th Anniversary Commemorative Wreath Laying in New York’s Battery Park The sound of “Taps” echoed across New York Harbor today as a group of World War II veterans and their families attended a wreath laying ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of …
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Maritime archaeologists working with NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service discovered the remains of a sunken World War II era P-40K Warhawk fighter aircraft while doing research in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument aboard NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai in August. The wreckage was found in about 25 feet of water …
WWII Fighter P40k Warhawk discovered in Midway Atoll Read More »
Harlem Hellfighter Henry Lincoln Johnson is another step closer to being the second black WWI hero to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The Oregonian reported Sept. 4 that a campaign launched by former New York Sen. Joe DioGuardi and continued by Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish; Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Ron Wyden of Oregon; …
WWI Hellfighter Closer to Getting Medal of Honor Award Read More »
Military buff hopes to solve riddle of US airmen killed during bombing of HK A local amateur military historian has unearthed the site of a second world war plane crash that could solve the 68-year-old riddle of two missing US war planes and their crew. The hunt is now on for evidence such as the …
Site of crashed US warplane found in Hong Kong’s Tai Tam country Read More »
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 and eight siblings. You’ve worked hard to become a teacher and have got a job at a local boys’ school. You love sport and played …
World War II Spitfire unearthed in Slamannan field Read More »
Lummen unveils a monument to the US bomber’s crew on the 70th anniversary of its crash. Aug. 17, 1943. A massive formation of B-17s thundered toward Germany on a mission to bomb the Messerschmitt aircraft factory at Regensburg. For the U.S. Army Air Forces, the day would end in disaster. Of the 146 Eighth Air …
Belgian town of Lummen honors crew of US bomber shot down in WWII Read More »
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