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Major Dick Winters and Captain Lewis Nixon, who met in Officer Candidate School and became best friends, are pictured celebrating the end of the war in Berchtesgaden in early May 1945.
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They are sitting on the patio of Hitler’s alpine retreat, the Berghof. The two men are depicted by Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston in “Band of Brothers”. Of his close friendship with Lewis Nixon, Dick Winters once said, “Nixon was a hard drinker, a free spirit who enjoyed the wild…
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RememberingGregory Boyington who died January 11th 1988.
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In college Boyington joined the ROTC and upon graduation was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army. When Boyington attempted to apply for flight training he was denied on the grounds that at that time the program excluded married men.Boyington attempted to join the flight training program using…
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By the beginning of 1945, Germany was clearly in a desperate state as powerful Allied armies pressed in upon its boarders from both East and West.
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In terms of the latter, the Western Allies had 3,724,927 men in Northwest Europe thus giving them a force of 73 divisions. The Allies also possessed over 17,500 assorted combat aircraft in Britain, France and the Low Countries. Finally and perhaps equally important, the Allies now possessed the logistical means…
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“A FORGOTTEN FILIPINO WARRIOR AND HERO!!!”
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CAPTAIN JUAN PAJOTA: Captain Juan Pajota (c.1914 – 1976) was instrumental in helping to assist in the Raid at Cabanatuan. This was an action which took place in the Philippines on January 30th, 1945 by the Sixth U.S. Army Alamo Scouts and the 6th Ranger Battalion along with Filipino guerrillas.…
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The Remarkable Lady Who Gave Her Life To Aviation And Taught Many To Fly At Sandown Airport Alongside Her Friend Mary Ellis.
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Vera Elsie “Toni” Strodl(b.1918-d.2015) as born in England. She was the daughter of a Danish couple who had moved to the UK to farm although this venture was short lived. In 1929 Vera took her first flight(thought to have been in an Avro 504) the headmaster of her school having…
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“DULCESIMO H. HABAL AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC) FOR ACTIONS DURING WORLD WAR II!”
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Sergeant Dulcesimo H. Habal, United States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. During this time, he was serving with Headquarters Company, 57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts, U.S. Army in action against enemy forces on 9 January…
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Anne Marie Squeo, former Wall Street Journal Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and CEO & Founder, Proof Point Communications:
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“Just when you think you’ve heard every story of World War II heroism, along comes the untold story of a ragtag group of American infantrymen who became forever known as the Sons of Bitche, after the small town they liberated in eastern France in a fight that proved essential to…
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THE ENIGMA OF THE GREAT GREEK WARRIOR WHO WAS BURIED IN MALAGA DURING THE PHENICIANS
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What was a Greek warrior doing in the Phoenician city of Malacca? In 2012 a grave appeared during a control excavation prior to some works on Jinetes Street, in the middle of the city. It is from the 4th century A. C. and it is calculated that it was outskirts…
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Discovery of the Legendary King’s Sword: The Weapon That Ended the Giant Race.
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The legendary King’s Sword, believed to be the key to defeating the giant race during the medieval era, has resurfaced as a symbol of human strength and resilience. Forged with divine abilities and passed down through generations, this mythical weapon represents the battle against unmatched power. Recent archaeological findings resembling…
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In the heart of Antarctica, nature creates an incredible sight: a red waterfall cascading through the perennial ice of the Taylor Glacier.
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This phenomenon, known as Blood Falls, is even more fascinating than it seems. Its intense color is not only due to oxidized iron but also to tiny iron-rich spheres created by tiny bacteria living in a salt lake hidden beneath a glacier. When this water reaches the surface and encounters…