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79 Years Later, General George Patton's Best US Army Line Is Still the Greatest Military Quote in Armed Forces History
20+ min ago (867+ words) The 1947 book got it in fourteen words; the internet adds words it never printed. Patton’s good-plan-now doctrine rebuilt II Corps in days, crossed France at 150 miles in 19 hours, and pivoted a quarter-million men ninety degrees to reach Bastogne — the perfect…...
Historic B-29 bomber to visit Fayetteville next week
35+ min ago (184+ words) FAYETTEVILLE — A collection of historic military aircraft will visit the Arkansas Air & Military Museum next week as part of the Commemorative Air Force’s AirPower History Tour. The tour will be on the museum grounds at Fayetteville’s Drake Field from Aug....
A historic boat emerges in Serbia as Europe’s rivers run dry from drought and heat
50+ min ago (707+ words) The rusting hull — once a famed vessel known as the Slovenian — surfaced earlier this month from the Sava River near the Serbian town of Sremska Mitrovica, 70 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of the capital of Belgrade. While parts have appeared above the…...
55 Years Later: Pegnitz & U.S. Army Remember 37 Fallen Soldiers
58+ min ago (427+ words) PEGNITZ, Germany— Fifty-five years after a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook crashed near Pegnitz, both the German and American communities gathered at the site to honor the 37 Soldiers who lost their lives and reflect on a tragedy that remains deeply woven into…...
World War II shells found in river in Grodno district
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (91+ words) Наша Ніва World War II shells found in river in Grodno district In the Grodno district, local residents found explosive objects in the Svislach River. It turned out that these were World War II shells, reports the Ministry of Defense....
Woman accused of vandalizing WWII Memorial in custody: Officials - AOL
12+ hour, 16+ min ago (428+ words) WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A woman was arrested and is facing charges after she was accused of vandalizing the World War II Memorial after it was spray painted and foam was found in its fountains in Washington, D.C. on Thursday....
Inside John Baer's Boxes, a Liberated Europe and a Triumphant America — Blind Magazine
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (337+ words) On his 25th birthday, May 7, 1945, Germany surrenders. John Baer, a journalism student at Penn State turned officer with the 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion, had landed in Normandy, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and witnessed firsthand the horror of a Nazi…...
Vietnam Railways keeps the flame of heroism alive.
11+ hour, 12+ min ago (411+ words) In the special space of the Gia Lam Railway Factory, which laid the foundation for the most modern mechanical engineering industry in the country 80 years ago and witnessed many important milestones of the railway industry, generations of railway workers gathered…...
Today in History: August 21, President Eisenhower Signs Proclamation Officially Declaring Hawaii 50th State
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (466+ words) Today is Friday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2026. There are 132 days left in the year. On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed…...
Knight LZ: Historic taxiway landing at Ramstein
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (230+ words) RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - A 37th Airlift Squadron aircrew flying a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft conducted a taxiway landing during a wing exercise at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 18. The event marked history as the first time an airplane has landed at…...