PBS is airing an entertaining World War II mystery series from Britain called Foyle's War. The series features a police detective (Foyle) at work...
Associated Press: WWII Marker a Grim Reminder About Veterans, August 13, 2005
Correct TA152. It's your turn.
Thank you gentlemen. :D What derisive nickname was used by a crewman to describe the former civilian job of the captain of the U.S. Navy...
Kelly was the 'fall guy' after half a company of GIs were killed when somebody called in an artillery strike on the wrong hill.
U.S. Department of Defense: WWII Missing in Action Soldiers Identified, June 17, 2005
Nina, if the ship in the photo is the Oakland, examining the service record of the Oakland to identify the times and places it may have served...
Thanks for pointing out the previous discussion and the correct details regarding Sgt. Holmes in the History Channel vs History Television thread,...
Associated Press: Pilot Who Saved Buckingham Palace Dies, June 28, 2005
Perhaps they realized that FDR would almost certainly invoke the Monroe Doctrine.
The U.S. Coast Guard has a fairly detailed website regarding wartime operations in Greenland: The Coast Guard & the Greenland Patrol
Thank you Kai. I don't have a question to ask, so I will open the field to anyone who wants to ask a question.
Arnhem was liberated on April 14, 1945 by the 1st Canadian Corps. Ontario Seniors' Secretariat: Countdown to Victory 1945 Juno Beach Centre:...
Stevin, It sounds like you may already have this information, but the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service ran a documentary on Berga a couple of...
VOA News: Koizumi Apologizes for Japan's Colonial Past, April 22, 2005
Martin, what were auxiliary squadrons? The RAF version of the Territorial Army?
San Diego Union-Tribune: Kalman Ferenczfalvi, who saved lives of Jews during the Holocaust, dead at 84, April 13, 2005 International Herald...
Seattle Times: Fred Korematsu, 86, fought World War II internment, dies, March 31, 2005 The Presidential Medal of Freedom: <a...
U.S. Army: Medal of Honor - Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously during...
Indianapolis Star: Medal of Honor Memorial defaced, March 29, 2005 WTHR: Hoosiers react to monument vandalism, March 30, 2005