21 Jun

(1940) A new Navy pilot who joins the "Hellcats" squadron at Pensacola, Florida has to fly through hoops in order to gain the respect of his mates. ...

18 Jun

It didn't take long for Herman to find a typewriter. He began to put out a newsletter named "The Beaver's Spur," in honor of the nickname given to his bombardment squadron at Thurleigh, the 368th ...

15 Jun

On May 8, 1944, the crew of 2nd Lt. Louis F Matichka with the 306th BG was forced to ditch their B-17 into the Baltic Sea. In 2006, two Swedish divers explored the grave of the 888 and took an amazing film....

06 Jun

Ridiculous (1955) As war is breaking, a German sea captain tries to get his freighter from Sydney, Australia back home. ...

05 Jun

On August 9, 1950, my Uncle Ace was killed in Korea. We've never known much about what happened. I'm writing this in hopes that there might be someone "out there" who remembers him....