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New book out next week: 'Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal'
Started by Scott Lyons. Last reply by Scott Lyons Jan 26, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
There is a new book due out January 25, 2011 on the…Continue
Stealth U-Boat?
Started by MORGAN C LOONEY JR. Last reply by Scott Lyons Oct 30, 2009. 1 Reply 0 Likes
In August of 1944, four allied ships were mysteriously destroyed without warning off the coast of Southern England.U-Boat 480 was designed with a special coating which made it invisble to sonar. It sank the four ships. In order to destroy the…Continue
U-Boat's in the Gulf of Mexico
Started by MORGAN C LOONEY JR. Last reply by MORGAN C LOONEY JR Oct 20, 2009. 6 Replies 0 Likes
I came across an article by a local newspaper, Murphy Givens of the Corpus Christi-Caller Times.It seems last month the Coast Guard discovered an oil slick coming from a Liberty Ship sunk near Sabine Pass, Texas.In the summer of 1942 the U-Boats…Continue
Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, July 30, 1945
Started by Scott Lyons. Last reply by Joseph P. Killen Aug 2, 2009. 2 Replies 0 Likes
From Veterans Today - 31 JulyThe following quote is from the New York Times online frontpage section entitled ON THIS DAY:"On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific…Continue
United States Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal awardees from WWII
Started by Scott Lyons. Last reply by Timothy G. Reardon Jul 30, 2009. 1 Reply 0 Likes
The U.S. Merchant Marine has a "Medal of Honor equivalent", known as the Distinguished Service Medal. From the USMM.org website, below is a link to recipients and the stories behind their awards.…Continue
Merchant Marine
Started by MORGAN C LOONEY JR. Last reply by Scott Lyons Jul 25, 2009. 5 Replies 0 Likes
When I was a kid growing up in Corpus Christi Texas my dad had a friend "Jay" who owned a bar. I would go to the bar with my dad and early on I noticed Jay was nervous and jumpy when ever there was a loud bang or noise. Jay had been in the Merchant…Continue
Noted U.S. Merchant Mariners - from Wikipedia
Started by Scott Lyons Jul 14, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Merchant seamen have gone on to make their mark on the world in a number of interesting ways, for example, Douglass North went from seaman to navigator to winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economics.American merchant seamen have earned the Medal of…Continue
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Dr. Guy LoFaro Lectures on the 82nd Airborne Division's Contribution during WWII
By SCOTT LYONS
28 January 2012
Historian and author Guy LoFaro, retired US Army officer, and former West Point professor and alumnus, recently spoke of the research behind his 2011 book The Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II at the North Atlanta-area independent bookseller ‘Acworth Bookstore’. Full Story »
"With the Old Breed" Conversations of Wartime with a WWII-era US Marine
By SCOTT LYONS
21 January 2012
I had the recent privilege of learning World War II history first-hand from Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Bailey, through in-person interviews. Paul was a U.S. Marine from 1943 to 1946, who fought in the same division, 1st Marine Division (3/7), on Okinawa as Eugene Sledge (3/5), author of With the Old Breed and subject of HBO’s ‘The Pacific’. Full story »
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Italy trip 2012
by Erwin Leydekkers Added February 19, 2012 at 5:16am
German cemetery Pomezia, Italy
by Erwin Leydekkers Added February 18, 2012 at 11:34am
Hall of Heroes: Our WWII veteran family members: 'Album One'
by Scott Lyons Added May 15, 2009 at 2:25pm 3 Comments
Hall of Heroes: Our WWII veteran family members: 'Album Two'
by Scott Lyons Added June 18, 2011 at 12:42am 2 Comments
resistance AS/GL Belgium
by Gilbert Joosten Added February 8, 2012 at 10:34am
WWII NEWS: THE TELEGRAPH
Wartime population faced 'eating plankton to avert food shortages'
Britain's wartime population would have been fed plankton by scientists under proposals to avert critical food shortages, newly discovered documents have disclosed.
Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler a fan of yoga
Heinrich Himmler, the infamous Nazi leader of the SS, was enthralled with eastern mysticism and always carried an ancient text on yoga wherever he went, a new book has claimed.
Hitler had son with French teen
Adolf Hitler had a son with a French teenager while serving as a soldier during the First World War, according to new evidence.
World War Two: air ace in an unmarked grave found
The body of a decorated flying ace who was killed in his first week of war has been found in an unmarked grave in France after 71 years.
Adolf Eichmann exhibition reveals how he was captured by Israeli agents
An exhibition telling the story of how Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann has opened in Tel Aviv.
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