Newlove and Roper families sent 11 sons to fight in World War II; 10 returned home

By JAN McLAUGHLIN BG Independent News Wars always demand more sacrifices from some than others.  Two Bowling Green area families carried an unfathomable…

Life under the Shah: Pre-revolutionary Iran as you’ve NEVER seen it before

Pics gallery Pics By Daily Star Here Iranian woman wear daring swimsuits - unimaginable today (Image: bowshrine.com)1 of 13 Woman wear western clothes…

WOOD FOR WOOD

Written By Dave O'Malley French author Pierre-Antoine Courable and his Belgian cohort Jean Dewaerheid have brought the force of serious research to the…

Air Force Investigating After KC-135 Landing Gear Retracts While Parked

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The Mickey Mouse Club

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Operation Varsity: A Bet Lost, the Battle Won

American paratroopers attached to Operation Varsity may have missed their drop zone but not their opportunity in March 1945, weeks before war’s end…

1966 Blizzard and will we ever see anything like this again?

March 2nd 1966 was the start of something we may never see again.  Snow began over the southern half of the state Wednesday…

Eugene Sledge in ‘Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific’

Eugene Sledge, as portrayed in the HBO miniseries, The Pacific , describes the landing in Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific , as…

The last photo of Charlie Chaplin

This is the last photo of Charlie Chaplin who died on this day, 25th December in 1977. Lady Chaplin pushes Sir Charles in…

Junkers Jumo 211

    On the Jumo 211F, provisions were made to provide supercharging and the rpm was increased to 2,600 and power increased…

U.S. Army Air Force Bombers of World War II

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Gruson Fahrbare Panzerlafette/Fahrpanzer

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