Richard Winebrenner was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in April 1942. He married his high school sweetheart, Daisy Weber, at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas in November of the same year. Following a stint in South America, Winebrenner served as a top-turret gunner aboard the B-29 bomber, The One You Love in [...]
It’s Friday, and time for the Weekly History Wrap-Up. Filming for a new World War II documentary wrapped up this week in Nebraska. Following bin Laden, the remains of Rudolph Hess took to the sea. Rusting shipwrecks from World War II, and I bet there are a lot of them, now seem to pose an [...]
Friday means time for the Weekly History Wrap-Up. Members of the 238th Combat Engineer Battalion are holding a reunion this week in New Bern, North Carolina. World War II waist gunner, Henry Yekel, climbed back into a vintage bomber as part of the Wings of Freedom Tour. A pair of World War II mortars were [...]
A fabulous Friday to all our followers. Time for the Weekly History Wrap-Up. Guam wants reparations for Japanese occupation during World War II. The House will soon consider the issue … again. Nine Germans, most now in their 90s, were convicted this week in an Italian court of killing civilians during World War II. Old [...]
Yeah Friday. Time for the Weekly History Wrap-Up. Korean War vet, Myron Brown, received high military honors, way overdue, this week in Florida. Sixty-one years ago this week, President Truman ordered U.S. troops into the Korean War. Army Spc. Wilbert Johnson, has finally received the Silver Star for his heroics at the Battle of the [...]
What’s new this week in “old”? Time for the Weekly History Wrap-Up. President Obama announced on Wednesday a time table for planned troop withdrawals in Afghanistan. The mystery of a Nazi World War II photo album has been solved. Fascinating story. A truly amazing tale about WWII POW, Charles Woehlre, and his watch. Way to [...]
I trust everyone had a wonderful weekend, full of baseball, backyard barbecues and maybe even a few cold ones. Monday morning means time for the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week. We’ve seen a lot this spring and summer on the tragic flooding of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Our thoughts and prayers go [...]
TGIF, and time for the Weekly History Wrap-Up! The fully-restored B-17 bomber, Liberty Belle, was lost this week in an Illinois cornfield. Thankfully, all the passengers survived with only minor injuries. I love to see WWII vets getting their due. At this weekend’s NASCAR race, Ryan Newman’s car will feature a photo of Bud Moore, [...]
We finish up our D-Day themed week with this Friday’s Weekly History Wrap-Up. World War II vet, John Russell, finally met the family of the German fisherman who saved him after his bomber crashed in the Baltic Sea. The Duluth Timber Company won the bid to recover the timbers from Boeing’s historic Plant 2, in [...]
Friday again, and time for the Weekly History Wrap-Up. A Belgium woman is caring for the grave of World War II casualty, Henry Lee Burkhart, of Harlan County, Kentucky. This morning at the Hague, war crimes suspect, Ratko Mladic, is slated to appear before UN judges. VFW and American Legion posts have been part of [...]