Some years ago I was lucky enough to spend some time with a rear gunner of a Swordfish (“stringbag”) that was one of the planes that attacked the Bismarck with …
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For the same reason that they decommissioned the Supermarine Spitfire and the Avro Lancaster and all the other aircraft they have flown over the years. It had become obsolete and …
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Of the four planes hijacked on September 11, 2001, Flight 93 was the only one that failed to hit its intended target — in part thanks to the heroism of …
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Horseradish is one of those polarizing ingredients that folks just have to share their opinion on. If you’re not a fan, then this spread is certainly not for you. But, …
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Wikimedia CommonsGustave Eiffel was the civil engineer who built the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most iconic landmarks in the …
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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married on the morning of September 12, 1953 in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Rhode Island. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John …
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After delivering the components of the Hiroshima bomb in 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, leaving nearly 1,000 men adrift in the middle of the Philippine Sea. When …
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One of the key problems with using foreign tanks is keeping a steady supply of spare parts and ammunition. This problem is not exclusive to captured tanks. A similar situation …
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