Loyce Edward Deen Petty Officer Second Class, U.S. Navy On 5 November 1944, Petty Officer Second Class Loyce Edward Deen was serving as…
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The M104 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge is an armored military engineering vehicle created by General Dynamics Land Systems, designed to provide deployable bridge…
The Germans had a knack for building bunkers, from tiny one-man-bunkers to the monstrous U-Boat bunkers in Bremen and Brest. Considering how many…
On April 12, 1923, a baby girl was born in Chireno, Texas. Her name was Johnnie Lucille Collier. By the time she had…
Speaking Freely of ‘ Amistad’ : Even when playing historical personages, Anthony Hopkins and Morgan Freeman share a no-nonsense philosophy of acting. Two…