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This photo, taken on December 8, 1943, in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, shows PFC Homer J. Finley Jr., (U.S. Marine Corps) and his four-legged comrade “Jack”, a Belgian Shepherd of the 1st Marine War Dog Platoon.
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Together, Homer and Jack landed on Bougainville and bravely fought against a relentless enemy. During that short period, they always looked after each other, which created a special bond between them, but Homer was then assigned to other duties, and the two Marines were separated.Jack was later wounded by a…
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Today we pay tribute to Tommy Norris, Michael Thornton, their families
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“I lost an eye and part of my head and brain and had some other bodily injuries. I have another eye. You just go on.” From April 10-13, 1972, Thomas “Tommy” Norris, a 28-year old native of Jacksonville, Florida, who was an Eagle Scout and had joined the Navy in…
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On This Day 21-FEB 2008, We Remember a Fallen Hero
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Drew W. Weaver was born 5-JUL 1987. He lived in St. Charles Missouri and attended St. Charles West High School graduating in 2005. Drew and his best friend, Marine Corporal Ryan Hanson, joined the Marines together right after high school and went through basic training together. Ryan literally was by…
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Pascoe & Whitty – Britain’s penultimate hangings.
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Russell Pascoe, aged 24 and 22 year old Dennis John Whitty were jointly convicted of the murder of 64 year old William Garfield Rowe in the doorway of his house at Nanjarrow Farm at Constantine near Falmouth in Cornwall at around 11 p.m. on Wednesday the 14th of August 1963.Pascoe…
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Today we celebrate the birthday of our founder Dame Ninette de Valois and her immense contribution to British ballet.
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Today we celebrate the birthday of our founder Dame Ninette de Valois and her immense contribution to British ballet. Inspired to create a repertory ballet company with dancers drawn from the School, she also founded The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet and nurtured some of the world’s most renowned…
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The Dancer Doomed as a Spy
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In the early hours of 15 October 1917, a guard entered Mata Hari’s prison cell and awoke her. Her time had come. She arose, donned her black stockings, high heels and a velvet cloak lined with fur. ‘I am ready,’ she announced. The guards whisked her off to the outskirts…
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I do not fear man or devil; it is not in my blood.
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☞ “I do not fear man or devil; it is not in my blood, & if they can shoot any straighter or quicker than I, let them try it, for a .44 equalizes frail women & brute men, & all women ought to be able to protect themselves against such…
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This is the Mitsubishi Dialtone D160, the largest subwoofer ever built, with 60 inches in the 1980s.
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Weighing 800kg, it can easily shatter windows and produces small earthquakes that can be felt like ground vibrations within a 2-kilometer range. At the Koriyama factory, the test was conducted at first in the measuring room, but was stopped because the ceiling lamps fell due to vibration. The outdoor test…
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The youngest woman to executed at 22 years of age, die judicially under British law in the 20th century. Auschwitz inmates nicknamed her the “Hyena of Auschwitz”.
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Irma Grese, was born in 7 October 1923 Wrechen, Germany…became a camp guard at the age of 19, and, in March 1943, she was transferred to Auschwitz. She rose to the rank of Senior SS-Supervisor in the autumn of 1943, in charge of approximately 30,000 women prisoners, mainly Polish and…
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Remembering Pascal Cleatus Poolaw, Sr., the most decorated Native American soldier in U.S. history – 4 Silver Stars, 5 Bronze Stars 3 Purple Hearts.
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He earned a total of 42 medals and citations. Born on January 29, 1922, in Apache, Oklahoma, Poolaw, a full-blooded Kiowa, served with the United States Army in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Poolaw, his father and two brothers joined the Armed forces in 1942…