Another week into the record books. Time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. Libyan leader, Moammar Gadhafi, is dead. And the dirty work didn’t come cheap. A new book, Every Thought of You, recounts a love story through letters from war. The remains of the Vietnam War pilot, Major Thomas Clark, have been returned to [...]
Good Friday morning to all. Time for what’s “new” in the world of “old” with the Weekly History Wrap Up. Former POWs of Oflag 64 will be reuniting this week in Florida, while WW II submarine veterans gathered for a reunion at Wahoo, Nebraska. Be assured, tokens from the Civil War are all around us. [...]
Friday again, and time for what’s “new” in the world of “old,” with the Weekly History Wrap Up. Kentucky Marine, Dakota Meyer, received the Medal of Honor this week in Washington. World War II bomber pilot, and the son of Mexican immigrants, Roberto Ruiz, flew 35 missions of Europe. World War II Lady Marines reunite [...]
Wow, what a week! TGIF, and time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. Even after 150 years, the jury’s still out on Civil War notable, William Quantrill, and his legacy. The World War II battleship, USS Iowa, is heading to LA, where it will permanently dock and serve as a museum. Two World War II-era [...]
First Friday in September, and time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. The remains of infamous Australian outlaw, Ned Kelly, have been identified … minus the head. Seven people were killed in Burma, while trying to remove an old World War II bomb. British World War II flying ace, Billy Drake, has died in England [...]
So glad it’s Friday, and time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. A former prison camp, Camp Lawton, Georgia, is providing archeologists with a steady stream of Civil War artifacts. A 5,000-square-foot visitors’ center has been approved to be built in northeast Oklahoma, at the site of the Battle of Honey Springs during the Civil [...]
Fridays mean time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. A new book was released this week, pinning French fashion icon, Coco Chanel, as a Nazi spy. World War II naval aviators, Stewart Bass and Leon Frankel, were reunited at the Fargo Air Show this week after 66 years. The pair flew Avengers together over the [...]
Being from the Fort Wayne, Indiana area, middle August always takes me back to the Fort Dearborn Massacre. It was during the War of 1812, with the British of course. William Wells was a major player in these parts. Quick background–Wells had been taken as a child by the Miami Indians. He was raised as [...]
A good Monday morning to all. Time for the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week. The History Junkie loves seeing celebrities visit our troops. In December 1944, baseball great, Mel Ott, visited the 90th Infantry Division at Cattenom, France. Ott played for and managed the New York Giants. He was the first National League [...]
The first Friday in August, and time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. This week, crews successfully removed a WWII era underwater mine from near a North Sea oil pipeline. Soviet propaganda posters from WWII will be on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. What began with a 25 cent purchase at a yard [...]