On Tuesday the entertainer, civil rights activist, and French Resistance hero joined the likes of 80 other luminaries, including Voltaire, Victor Hugo, and Marie Curie.
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Bringing Charles Home: A P-51 Pilot’s War and Ultimate Sacrifice
The story of P-51 pilot Charles Lee’s World War II service is a reminder of the sacrifices made by countless young men in the defense of freedom.
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The Seven Days Campaign — A Turning Point More Important than Antietam?
George B. McClellan, Robert E. Lee, and a watershed campaign
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Could Scientists Ever Clone Hitler?
“The Boys from Brazil” (1978) stars Gregory Peck as Dr. Josef Mengele, biding his time in South America with plans to replicate Adolf Hitler and launch a Fourth Reich.
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‘Give Me…’: For More Than Two Centuries, Those Words Have Been a Constant in Our Wartime Vocabulary
“Dammit, Brad, just give me 400,000 gallons of gasoline and I’ll put you inside Germany in two days”
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‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’: That One Time British Sailors Sang Monty Python as They Watched Their Ship Burn
After being struck by an Argentine Exocet missile in 1982, the crew of the HMS Sheffield remembered the sage advice that “When you’re chewing on life’s gristle, don’t grumble, give a whistle”
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‘George Jellicoe’ Book Review
Nicholas Jellicoe presents a biography of his father, George Jellicoe, a storied British commando in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II
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Wilderness Workhorse: Canada’s Rugged, Reliable Noorduyn Norseman Bush Plane
Designed and built in Canada in 1935, the Noorduyn Norseman set the standard for all subsequent bush planes to follow
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From Fame to Obscurity: Story of the “Mexican Lindbergh”
Emilio Carranza’s historic 1928 goodwill flight from Mexico to the United States and back ended in tragedy in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens.
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Smallpox: A Common Enemy During the Civil War
Vaccination efforts became standard for both armies desperate to prevent the spread of deadly smallpox