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This is the craziest my girlfriend have ever witnessed while she was in the waiting area of a hospital’s emergency room
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It wasn’t me waiting, but my girlfriend who happened to be in the ER of her hospital when Weird Woman came in once again. Weird Woman was (in)famous in the emergency room: she was a frequent flyer because every now and then she felt the compulsion of inserting objects in…
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On this day in 1966, SSG Hilliard Carter (A/2-327) earned the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during Vietnam. Full citation:
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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Hilliard Carter, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Company A, 2d Battalion, 327th Parachute…
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This is a photo of Dr. Eugene Lazowski, a Polish doctor who saved 8,000 Jews by creating a fake typhus epidemic in Stalowa Wola (Nazi occupied Poland), 1943.
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This is a photo of Dr. Eugene Lazowski, a Polish doctor who saved 8,000 Jews by creating a fake typhus epidemic in Stalowa Wola (Nazi occupied Poland), 1943.Here is an excerpt from the Chicago Sun-Times in 2006 about how Lazowski risked the Nazi death penalty in order to carry out…
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Remembering the Heroes We Lost: Technical Sergeant Lawrence J Gettings of Iowa
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“Technical Sergeant, Lawrence J Gettings, of Ottumwa, Iowa, heats a can of rations and takes time out for a rest during the fighting southeast of Bastogne, Belgium on January 7, 1945. Technical Sergeant Gettings served with the 320th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Division, E Company” – US Signal…
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Cut of a thousand Knives, or Lingchi
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Cut of a thousand Knives, or Lingchi The slow process, the lingering death, or slow slicing, and also known as death by a thousand cuts, was a form of torture and execution used in China from roughly 900 until it was banned in 1905. It was also used in Vietnam…
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With the end of the month of Ramadan and the Eid holiday last week, executions have resumed in Iran, Iraq and Somalia.
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On August 14th six prisoners were hanged in Karoun Prison in Ahwaz (southwestern Iran) for kidnapping and raping ten women in Shushter (a city in the province of Khuzestan).Four of the prisoners were identified as Ali Naz, Ali Hossein, Mohammad, and Nobar. Unusually, although the hanging was within the prison,…
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More Graphic Pics From Fatal Accident In Onitsha Today (it’s Horrific)
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There was a fatal accident in Onitsha this afternoon. A Tanker laden with fuel which was coming from Awka and moving towards Asaba failed brake at the ever busy Asaba Park at Upper Iweka, Onitsha and exploded upon crashing into the park, burning more than 20 people beyond recognition and…
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The Face of War.
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A striking image of a soldier kneeling over a comrade at Omaha Beach, Normandy, on 7 June 1944. The drenched soldier stares despairingly into the distance, while his hand rests tenderly on his comrade’s body. The dead soldier’s boots protruding from the blanket adds to the image’s poignancy. For me,…
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Rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine is the latest example of a despicable wartime crime that spans the globe
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Shocking images from Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine revealed what many suspected, that Russian soldiers were apparently committing war crimes. An image of dead naked women under a blanket on the road photographed by Mikhail Palinchak 12½ miles (20 kilometers) outside of Kyiv was tweeted by the Ministry of Defense…
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Why was Vajna’s execution significant, and it symbolize for the people of Hungary in history
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Gabor Vajna was a Hungarian politician who had been active in far-right and anti-Semitic politics since the 1920s. He joined the Arrow Cross Party in 1935 and rose to become one of its leaders. During World War II, Vajna served as Minister of the Interior in the Arrow Cross government,…