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‘The thinner tree was cut years ago and the big one has been holding and feeding it since then.
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They “wake up” together in the spring and “go to sleep” together in the autumn’ Inosculation is a natural phenomenon in which parts of two different trees, commonly but not exclusively the same species, grow together, self grafting and sharing nutrients. Inosculation refers to the natural grafting that can occur…
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The revelation of an iron drill
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The revelation of an iron drill, astonishingly encased in coal dating back millions of years, ignited a whirlwind of curiosity when John Buchanan presented it to the world on December 13, 1852. Unearthed from deep within a coal seam, protected by over two meters of resilient clay, this remarkable artifact…
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Anna Haining Bates: One of the Tallest Women in History and Her Unique Love Story
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Anna Haining Bates, born on August 6, 1846, in Mill Brook, Nova Scotia, is remembered not only for her remarkable height but also for her extraordinary life alongside her equally towering husband, Martin Van Buren Bates. Standing at an astounding 7 feet 11 inches, Anna was one of the tallest…
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BIRTHDAY EVENT: Happy 104th Birthday to US Army Air Forces Veteran Jules Hagen of Florida
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Please join us at WWII uncovered in wishing US Army Air Force’s Veteran Jules Hagen a most Happy 104th Birthday. Jules celebrated his monumental Birthday with a grand party held at the Brookdale Palma Sola assisted living facility in Bradenton Florida. Based in England, he served as a Command Engineer,…
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Honoring the Code Talkers of the Pacific Theater : Three Heroes Return Home
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“Three Marine Code Talkers who fought on Peleliu, here pictured on their way to Okinawa in late March 1945. From left to right, Private First Class Joe Hosteen Kelwood (Navajo), Private First Class Floyd Saupitty (Comanche), and Private First Class Alex Williams (Navajo).” – USMC photo 129851 US Signal Corps…
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We Remember Paul Adams of the Tuskegee Airmen: Thank you for A Lifetime of Service to His Country and Community
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Lieutenant Colonel Paul Adams, of Greenville South Carolina, enrolled in the US Army after graduating from South Carolina State University in 1941. Paul trained at the Tuskegee University and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1943. Adams flew with the 332nd Fighter Group, which established the unprecedented record of…
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An Ancient tree discovered in New Zealand contains a 42,000-year-old record of a reversal of Earth’s magnetic field.
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The most recent polar reversal, called the Laschamp excursion, happened about 41,000 to 42,000 years ago. During this time, the north magnetic pole moved to the southern hemisphere and then back to the north. Scientists studied ancient kauri trees found in wetlands in northern New Zealand. These trees were alive…
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We Remember Medal of Honor John Baca!
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On this day in 1970, a soldier engages in an action that would earn him the Medal of Honor. Specialist Fourth Class John Baca must have seemed an unlikely hero? He’d once been a troubled teenager, even going to juvenile hall for petty crimes. “The best thing was getting drafted,”…
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Today we Honor and Remember Jeannette Guyot Parachutes into Europe: Honored with Distinguished Service Cross. Thank You for your Services
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Lieutenant Jeannette Guyot was a French Resistance operative who went on to become one of the Second World War’s most decorated women. She is one of only two women to hold the American Distinguished Service Cross obtained during the war. She participated in Pathfinder Mission of Operation Sussex. As a…
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Petty Officer First Class Ernest Borgnine From The Pacific Theater to The Dirty Dozen
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The 1967 film “The Dirty Dozen” sported an All Star cast of World War II veterans. One of the most popular films of its time, “The Dirty Dozen” still holds as one of the most successful war films ever made. The cast included: Lee Marvin, Robert Webber and Robert Ryan…