Two former soldiers were at the center of the gaffe after they forgot to deploy the brakes of a Scimitar armored reconnaissance vehicle during the village’s moment of silence during Remembrance Day
For all things WWII be sure to tune into the conference starting on November 18.
“I would like to be remembered as a strong man,” said Lawrence Brooks, “a good soldier.”
The Fallen Heroes Memorial will be displayed from 7 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11, during which the names of the 7063 servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Global War on Terror will be read
In October a walloping 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Tokyo, bringing to surface WWII-era American ships off the coast of Iwo Jima
The latest DNA evidence helps to bolster the family’s concerns over Sitting Bull’s final resting place
The movie will begin filming in the summer of 2022
A small team have searched the Earth’s farthest-flung corners in an endeavor to repatriate the remains of Americans still missing in action
The rules to join the club were fairly straightforward — if you were in possession of a broken heart “or a reasonable facsimile,” you were in
While the hazelnut-and-almond dessert is a touch charred and may still contain traces of phosphorus and other chemicals due to the bombing, this sweet treat is eerily preserved
“At the time, the university refused to release transcripts for students who wanted to transfer, sabotaging their chances to complete their educations"
Jack Holder served in the Navy and flew over 100 missions during World War II, including in the Battle of Midway, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, English Channel, and Bay of Biscay
The nearly four-foot blade, “which has been preserved in perfect condition, is a beautiful and rare find and evidently belonged to a Crusader knight"
The former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was 84 years old
For the first time in nearly 100 years, members of the public will be able to lay flowers directly in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The film follows MI5 agents and their hairbrained scheme in which they use a British cadaver to bamboozle the Germans in the lead up to the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943
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