Pigeons did not win World War II, people did. But the humble birds, renowned for their homing instincts, played a singular if unsung role in Britain’s victorious fight against the Germans.
World War Two
“Alternate” History! Are We Strong Enough to Prevent It?
In this world, civilizations come and go. In the West, we dare not take our continued existence for granted. Our audacious previous generations surely didn’t.
Fighting to the Bitter End!
As late as April of 1947, pitiful remnants of the once-powerful Japanese garrison on the Pacific island of Peleliu, unexpectedly attacked a US Marine patrol.
D-Day Invasion – 73rd Anniversary of a Great Victory, While We Cower, Unarmed
That’s when we were proud ‘citizens,’ not dysphoric, expendable ‘sheep,’ groveling under the uncaring thumb of our socialist shepherds…
Not an ‘Internment Camp’ a U.S. Concentration Camp, 1942
Approximately 110,000 Japanese-Americans were removed from their homes and sent to one of ten camps in the interior of America, to keep our coastal shorelines “safe”…
All The Gallant Men : An American Sailor’s Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor
Burned over more than sixty-five percent of his body, Don and his gunnery team miraculously escaped the inferno; using their charred hands, they climbed across a seventy-foot-long rope…
The HEART of HELL : Untold Story of Courage & Sacrifice in the Shadow of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major event in the World War II – & one of the bloodiest in United States history. But what happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote, until now…
WWII Anthology Film “The Front” Releases In Theaters ~ VIDEO
Blaze Brothers Production’s World War II anthology film “The Front” is releasing at DMAX Cinema, The Texas Theatre and the Museum of the American G.I.
‘Mighty Mo’s’ Big Gun Moved to Permanent Resting Place at Historic Fort Miles
After wartime service in the Pacific aboard the storied “Mighty Mo” – the battleship USS Missouri – one of the ship’s nine original 16-inch guns that shook the enemy fleet with 2,700-pound…..
M1 Carbine : Storied Guns of America
Other than the M1 Carbine the only other single WWII item made in greater quantities was the M1 steel helmet…
Tanks, Bombers and Pyrotechnics Bring Spark to the CMP’s 2015 First Shot Ceremony
Please join the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) on the world-famous Camp Perry ranges in Port Clinton, Ohio, for another thrilling display of live World War II history during the First Shot…
Behind Enemy Lines
1LT. Cole was six feet and four inches and weight 240 pounds when he exited that crashing bomber and when he finally got back to Italy he weighed 160 pounds…
The Boat That Won World War II
General Eisenhower once proclaimed that Andrew Higgins was the man who won WW II, because of his boat. There are less that 130 Higgins Boats in service in the Navy, but they still get used…
WWII Vet Mortimer Caplin Honored for Military Service
During the Battle of Normandy, Mr. Caplin also played a vital role in coordinating the traffic of troops, supplies, ammunition, casualties and prisoners…
December 1941 Pearl Harbor
Not all combat killed Americans are buried where family can go to visit and remember. No one can visit Donald McCloud, but he is not forgotten…
The USS Oklahoma Veteran
On 6 Dec 2013 I will be attending a Pearl Harbor 72nd Anniversary ceremony in Des Plaines, Ill. I will be driving Chief Petty Officer Joe Triolo USN Ret to the ceremony…
Deer Camp A Learning Experience
Sunday the 24th of November the second day of deer season in Wisconsin I awoke to a 1 degree temperature and wind. It was as if I was back in the Eifels and experiencing that killer winter of 1944…
Shame on Government Authorities That Block WWII Vets From Open Air Memorial
News reports about World War II veterans visiting the memorial in D.C. facing barricades & barriers to prevent them from touring because of the so called government shutdown are shameful…
‘China Diaries’ – A Must Read Historical Fiction
Japan has been allowed to ignore what they did to China. They were in there killing, destroying, and subjugating millions of people for almost ten years prior to the US entering WW II…
WWII Veteran Fly-Fishing Documentary Project
The 90-year-old Moore expressed to us that one of his unfulfilled dreams was to return to Normandy, France, to fly-fish the streams that he crossed as a soldier shortly after D-Day…
A Remaining Brother Of The Band – Honoring Earl McClung
We are down to our last few WWII veterans. If you have friends or family who were WWII veterans, honor them now–time is running out. Happy Birthday Sgt McClung…