Category: News
World’s Last Two Remaining Lancasters to Fly in Formation in 2014
Residents of England may think they’re seeing double this summer as the two last airworthy Avro Lancaster bombers on Earth come together for a month of commemorative flights throughout the United Kingdom. The two, four-engine,…
‘Gun-Jumpers’ – Newspaper Showcases Yanks Who Fought for the British Empire in WW2
Readers of Canada’s Toronto Star learned this week about the late Richard Fuller Patterson – a young man who seemed to have everything to live for, but gave it all up to help stop tyranny. The…
The Medal of Honor – 13 Amazing Facts About the American Military’s Highest Award for Bravery
“The Medal of Honor is awarded by the president in the name of the U.S. Congress. As of 1963, only American military personnel engaged in combat against an enemy of the United States are eligible…
Asylum-Seekers – Famous (and Not So Famous) Soviet Defectors
THE LITERARY world lost one of its most accomplished authors last week – Tom Clancy. The 66-year-old former insurance agent’s career as a novelist spanned four decades, during which time the Maryland native penned 17…
‘Let There Be Light’ — The Wartime PTSD Film the U.S. Army Didn’t Want You to See
“Huston’s wish was to let America see and understand the fragile emotional state of many returning vets.” U.S. ARMY DOCTORS in the Second World War didn’t use the term “post-traumatic stress disorder,” but they knew…
Born to Fight – Earliest Civilizations were Established to Wage War, Research Suggests
Let’s hear it for the barbarians! It turns out that civilization as we know it might not have been possible without roving bands of bloodthirsty killers. At least that’s what recent research from the University…
