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TODAY WE REMEMBER MAJOR MEGAN MCCLUNG
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Semper Fi, Major!Copied from USMC VETS PAGE: TODAY WE REMEMBER MAJOR MEGAN MCCLUNG….who would have been 50 years old this coming Tuesday, the 14th on her birthday. Megan was the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War. Major McClung was serving as a…
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Frank discussion on the Question;
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In war, do soldiers ever pose for pictures with the corpses of the enemies they killed? Although I saw a number of these pictures, I never witnessed anybody doing it. In the units I served, such behavior wouldn’t have been tolerated. The only exemption I remember was when some of…
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According to some legends; there was a French city where, during the Middle Ages, the women had an odd habit.
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In the morning, married women would put a small dose of poison in the breakfast they had prepared for their husbands. Later on, when their men returned home during the evening, they would be given the antidote. In this way, the poison would not become harmful and affect them. There…
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The Scavenger’s Daughter.
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During medieval times in Europe, a wide range of medieval torture devices were used for different purposes. Some of these devices were frequently used during the Spanish Institution and after it. However, there was also a category of lesser-used medieval torture devices. One of these devices was called Scavenger’s daughter and it…
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Pictures taken during the Battle for Hill 192 in Normandy – June/July 1944
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Note that some of these pictures were taken in or near Saint-Georges-d’Elle Hill 192 was located between the cities of Saint-Lô and Bayeux in Normandy. The Battle was fought between elements of the 2nd US Infantry Division and the 16,000 strong 3rd German Fallschirmjäger (Parachute) Division, commanded by Generalleutnant Richard…
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The story behind this photo continues to shock anyone who recognizes it.
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In 1968, two men kidnapped Kim Bird. They put her in a homemade coffin, took this photo and buried her in the woods. They hung the photo on a local bulletin board and signed on the back, “I am buried in the woods, you have no more than 5 days…
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The Thinking Man’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
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In 1930 Georg Pabst’s ‘Westfront 1918’ was Germany’s most anticipated cinema release. It chronicled the shattering impact of the Great War upon four German soldiers on the Western Front. The film lived up to expectations. At its premiere in Berlin, its unsparing realism reportedly caused 20 people to faint. In…
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The Medieval Flute of Shame.
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In the medieval period things were…different, shall we say. It has been well documented that punishments for crimes were devilishly malicious and in all honesty sometimes almost artfully impressive. A visit to somewhere such as the Medieval Torture Museum in Prague will inform of gruesome torture methods such as The…
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Ukrainian Jews who were forced to undress before they were massacred by Einsatzgruppe detachments.
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This photo, originally in color, was part of a series taken by a German military photographer. Copies from this collection were later used as evidence in war crimes trials. Lubny, Soviet Union, October 16, 1941. — Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden Holocaust Social Archive Yesterday, a Russian airstrike hit the Holocaust memorial…
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The R.a.pe of the Sabine Women
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The R.a.p.e of the Sabine Women also known as the Abduction of the Sabine Women or the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women, was an incident in Roman mythology in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region. Full story According to Roman historian Livy, the abduction of Sabine…