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Military History
Medal of Honor Recipient Vernon McGarity Dies
Associated Press | May 24, 2013
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Former World War II Army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at age 91, a funeral home said Thursday. McGarity died of cancer on Tuesday night in Memphis, said Taylor Loeffel, a spokeswoman for Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery. Funeral services were set for Saturday. President Harry Truma... more
Surgeon: Stonewall Jackson Death Likely Pneumonia
Associated Press | May 10, 2013
Historians and doctors have debated for decades what medical complications caused the death of legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, felled by friendly fire from his troops during the Civil War. Shot three times while returning from scouting enemy lines in the Virginia wilderness, Jackson was badly wounded in the left arm... more
Holocaust Survivors Veterans Gather at DC Museum
Associated Press | Apr 29, 2013
Elderly survivors of the Holocaust and the veterans who helped liberate them are gathering for what could be their last big reunion at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Some 1,000 survivors and World War II vets are coming together with President Bill Clinton and Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust activist and writer, on Monday when the museum marks it... more
Rush to Repair WWI Cemeteries as Centenary Nears
Associated Press | Apr 22, 2013
ZONNEBEKE, Belgium - The Tyne Cot cemetery sweeps gently down the slope, the nearly 12,000 headstones aligned in solemn rows of gleaming white. Beyond the walls stretch Flanders Fields, dotted by red farmhouse roofs. For the stage of some of World War I's worst carnage, the scene is tranquility itself - but over the whisper of wind floats a whin... more
Forgotten US Airship Crash Recalled 80 Years Later
Associated Press | Apr 01, 2013
LAKEHURST, New Jersey - History buffs will gather this week near the New Jersey coast to commemorate a major airship disaster, but it's not the one people are familiar with. Newsreel footage and radio announcer Herbert Morrison's plaintive cry, "Oh, the humanity!" made the 1937 explosion of Germany's Hindenburg at the Lakehurst Naval Air Statio... more