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"Heaven Can Wait"
Eleven fewer MIAs. https://www.foxnews.com/us/remains-of-crew-from-downed-world-war-ii-era-plane-recovered-from-pacific-ocean Pilot 1st Lt Herbert G. Tennyson, O-745216 320th BS (MIA / KIA) Sedgwick County, KS Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Michael J. McFadden, Jr., O-806878 320th BS (MIA / KIA) Sarben... -
What's Gaelic for "Hey, might want to check your map"?
A recent coastal wildfire in Ireland has bared a huge sign from the Second World War that had been covered up by thick undergrowth for around 70 years. The sign, built on the land by whitewashed stones, was first spotted by a Garda unit (Irish Air Corps) who was on a flyover while helping... -
Ju-52 crash in the Swiss Alps
A Ju 52 went down Saturday Aug, 4 2018 on the Piz Segnas mountain above the Swiss Alpine resort of Flims, striking the mountain's western flank about 8,330 feet above sea level. All 20 people on board were killed, police said Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. SOURCE: Polizei Graubuenden... -
My hat is harder than yours....
Came across an item salvaged during a particularly sweaty bike ride, that had been languishing on a top shelf for a few years. Behold a 1950's-ish vintage hard hat. Turns out it's a SuperLite Hard Hat, by Fibre-Metal products Co. of Concordville, PA. It was dirty, dingy and had some road rash... -
COLD SKIN (2017)
A 2017 release, set in 1914 on a South Atlantic Island. Has overtones of Verne's 'Lighthouse at the End of the World'. Trailer Spoilers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Skin_(film)- Story
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Unbreakable Spirit (originally "The Bombing")
From the Wiki Unbreakable Spirit (original title 'The Bombing') (Chinese: 大轰炸) is a Chinese action war-drama film directed by Xiao Feng about the Japanese bombings of Chinese city Chongqing during World War II. Mel Gibson joined as art director. The film stars Liu Ye, Bruce Willis, Song...- Story
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The Speakeasy in Philadelphia's Divine Lorraine Hotel
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/07/14/philadelphia-hotel-about-to-undergo-serious-renovations/- Story
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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1st Lieutenant Alvin W. Pagel, 88th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
The letter. http://i.imgur.com/FQJ4urs.jpg?1 The Silver Star citation http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=26522 Found elsewhere on the 'net. -
Take a Look Inside Detroit's Secretive Masonic Temple
Stumbled upon this, thought it might be of general interest. Enjoy. http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2014/05/masonic.php Apparently it went up in 1920-1922 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple Their website http://themasonic.com/- Story
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Post-war Germany and the Werwolves
Saw this, no previous thread - Revealed: How Nazi officers led by top general formed secret army AFTER the war and planned to overthrow Allies who occupied Germany Around 2,000 soldiers from Hitler's Wehrmacht formed the covert group They stockpiled weapons, spied, and aimed to... -
"Willie Gillis in Convoy" by Norman Rockwell
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/norman-rockwell-original-found-in-massachusetts-school/ http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/american-art-n09148/lot.53.html -
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Special Agent Tom McDade, FBI
"A day I will never forget." – November 27, 1934 http://lawenforcementmuseum.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-day-i-would-never-forget-agent-tom.html- Story
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Scratched into the metal was: "Lt. Wal. Lippincott, 712 Tank Bn,"
For more than a decade, Nobles had been researching the history of his family, including his maternal grandmother's only sibling, Lt. Wallace Lippincott Jr. - a Chester-born Quaker from Swarthmore who after graduating from the University of Delaware went off to war, drove a tank into the Battle... -
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1932 Animated Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States
http://io9.com/spend-hours-clicking-through-this-animated-1930s-atlas-1491113208?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow- Story
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Tracey Curtis-Taylor, Aviatrix
Tracey Curtis-Taylor is recreating the historic open-cockpit flight first undertaken 85 years ago by the oft-forgotten aviation pioneer Lady Mary Heath. Lady Heath was the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial flying license and parachute from a plane. The 31-year-old – nicknamed ‘Lady...- Story
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WAR OF THE WORLDS (rebroadcast) on NPR tonight
Check your local channels. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/30/241797346/75-years-ago-war-of-the-worlds-started-a-panic-or-did-it -
'The Oregon Trail', with John Wayne
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24407455- Story
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David Roddham's WWI short "COWARD"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOcEX3dYn3s "COWARD" is a 28 minute film set during World War 1 that brings to light some of the brutal treatment soldiers received for suffering what would now be known as shell-shock. It follows two cousins, Andrew and James, from their home in Northern Ireland...- Story
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