History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Unknown Soldiers http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Engineer Who Greased the P-38 Lightning http://www.historynet.com/the-engineer-who-greased-the-p-38-lightning.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-engineer-who-greased-the-p-38-lightning.htm#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:31:50 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684275 Long before any airplanes approached the sound barrier, John Stack was traveling there in his mind.

As a teenager he worked to save enough money for a few hours of flying lessons in a Canuck biplane at an airfield …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-engineer-who-greased-the-p-38-lightning.htm/feed 3 The Photographer Who Took the Navy's Portrait http://www.historynet.com/the-photographer-who-took-the-navys-portrait.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-photographer-who-took-the-navys-portrait.htm#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:55:31 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683599 http://www.historynet.com/the-photographer-who-took-the-navys-portrait.htm/feed 0 The Bolshevik Who Believed in Tanks http://www.historynet.com/the-bolshevik-who-believed-in-tanks.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-bolshevik-who-believed-in-tanks.htm#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:53:09 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683393 http://www.historynet.com/the-bolshevik-who-believed-in-tanks.htm/feed 1 The Traitor Who Inspired His Country http://www.historynet.com/the-traitor-who-inspired-his-country.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-traitor-who-inspired-his-country.htm#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:05:06 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683129 http://www.historynet.com/the-traitor-who-inspired-his-country.htm/feed 0 The Army's Dancing Master Sergeant http://www.historynet.com/the-armys-dancing-master-sergeant.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-armys-dancing-master-sergeant.htm#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:20:25 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682952
Robert Sidney, leftWhen America entered World War II, songwriter Irving Berlin was 53 years old—and desperate to do something for the war effort.

In the Great War he had staged an all-soldier revue that included his famous ballad to the …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-armys-dancing-master-sergeant.htm/feed 0 Edward Uhl, the Man Behind the Bazooka http://www.historynet.com/edward-uhl-the-man-behind-the-bazooka.htm http://www.historynet.com/edward-uhl-the-man-behind-the-bazooka.htm#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:09:33 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682738 http://www.historynet.com/edward-uhl-the-man-behind-the-bazooka.htm/feed 0 An American Doctor's Quiet Fight in Occupied Paris http://www.historynet.com/an-american-doctors-quiet-fight-in-occupied-paris.htm http://www.historynet.com/an-american-doctors-quiet-fight-in-occupied-paris.htm#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:34:18 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682493 http://www.historynet.com/an-american-doctors-quiet-fight-in-occupied-paris.htm/feed 14 Arthur Coningham, the Outsider Who Unleashed the Air Force http://www.historynet.com/arthur-coningham-the-outsider-who-unleashed-the-air-force.htm http://www.historynet.com/arthur-coningham-the-outsider-who-unleashed-the-air-force.htm#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:28:05 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682309 http://www.historynet.com/arthur-coningham-the-outsider-who-unleashed-the-air-force.htm/feed 0 The Horticulturist who Disarmed Bombs After the Blitz http://www.historynet.com/the-horticulturist-who-disarmed-bombs-after-the-blitz.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-horticulturist-who-disarmed-bombs-after-the-blitz.htm#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:08:48 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682228 http://www.historynet.com/the-horticulturist-who-disarmed-bombs-after-the-blitz.htm/feed 2 The Scientist Who Survived the Gulag to Launch Sputnik http://www.historynet.com/the-scientist-who-survived-the-gulag-to-launch-sputnik.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-scientist-who-survived-the-gulag-to-launch-sputnik.htm#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:07:29 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682231 http://www.historynet.com/the-scientist-who-survived-the-gulag-to-launch-sputnik.htm/feed 0