Category: History

Years before the CIA was formed, a decorated U.S. general known as “Wild Bill” led a clandestine group working to turn the tide of World War II. (FOX)- Gen. William “Wild Bill” Donovan, a Medal of Honor recipient during World War I, organized the Office of Strategic Services in 1942, at the outset of the […]

More than 2,300 U.S. servicemen died in the aerial attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941. (Fox News)- The attack left 2,403 U.S. military personnel dead and 169 American aircraft destroyed. But in the coming years the Japanese suffered heavy losses, including the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that culminated in the end of […]

For a half-century after the deadliest submarine disaster in U.S. history, Navy Capt. Paul “Bud” Rogers struggled with feelings that it should have been him — and not his last-minute replacement — on the doomed voyage of the USS Thresher in which 129 men died. (FOX)- This week, at his family’s request, a Navy submarine […]

The film follows a crew operating the vehicle to explore the lower decks of the U.S.S. Arizona for the first time since it sank, according to the network. (FOX)- In one scene, a sink appears as if it is attached to the ship’s floor due to a high sediment buildup. On a shelf in the […]

A historic World War II boat that survived dozens of operations — and a few near-misses — on the other side of the Atlantic is finally heading home to the waters where its journey began more than 70 years ago. (FOX)- PT-305, fresh off a multi-year restoration project at the National World War II Museum […]

Wallace Higgins accepted the Congressional Gold Medal on Friday for his service more than 70 years ago in the Tuskegee Airmen, the Army Air program that trained African-Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft during the war. (FOX)- He was followed on the stage at the National Warplane Museum by Herbert Thorpe, who earned B-25 […]

A Massachusetts fisherman and former U.S. Army private has been honored by Poland for his role in returning cultural treasures stolen by the Nazis during World War II. (FOX)- The Gloucester (GLAH’-stur) Times (http://bit.ly/2eEjtp8 ) reports Curtis Dagley was awarded a Bene Merito medal for helping save the 15th-century altarpiece of St. Mary’s Church in […]

A bomb squad is at a South Carolina beach after Hurricane Matthew apparently unearthed old Civil War cannonballs from the sand. (FOX)- Charleston County Sheriff’s spokesman Maj. Eric Watson said in a news release that the cannonballs were found on Folly Beach on Sunday afternoon, but bomb squad members couldn’t get to it immediately because […]

Authorities are requesting archived news footage from Salt Lake City television stations in search of potential clues relating to the unsolved killing of a 6-year-old girl who was abducted from her home more than 20 years ago. (FOX)- Salt Lake City police Det. Richard Chipping said Wednesday the request does not come as a result […]

Nazi Germany developed numerous tank designs during World War II. In addition to domestic designs, Germany also employed various captured and foreign-built tanks. The German tank force was an amazing success due to tactical innovation more than tank quality. Using Blitzkrieg tactics, Guderian, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist and other field commanders such as Rommel […]