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. [...]
The weather is absolutely beautiful here in the Midwest, making this Friday all the more wonderful. Time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. I love firsthand accounts, and here’s another great example. Former Marine, James Griffith of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, escorted photographer Joe Rosenthal to the top of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, [...]
Friday means time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. World War II flight nurse, Dorothy Errair, shares her story. Let’s hear it for the girls! Former World War II OSS employees reunite. The wreck of the British cargo ship, the SS Gairsoppa, sunk by a German u-boat during the early stages of World War II, [...]
Wonderful fall weather here in the Midwest. Let’s take a look at the Weekly History Wrap Up. UNBROKEN star, Louis Zamperini, spoke with young people at Christ School in Ashville, NC. A war diary was recently published detailing the top-secret missions of Britain’s Special Air Service during World War II. World War II heroes, Governor [...]
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 [...]
Good Friday morning to all. Time for the Weekly History Wrap Up. Sad news this week in World War II history as famed female British agent, Nancy Wake, died in London and Navajo code talker, Joe Morris, passed away in Loma Linda, CA. Two great ones, and more firsthand history, gone forever. Germany and Montenegro [...]