WWII
And Then There Was One
Sad news – one of the two remaining USS Arizona survivors from the Pearl Harbor attack, Ken Potts, died Friday at the age of 102. His death leaves only one remaining survivor, Lou Conter, 101, who lives in California. Howard Kenton Potts died Friday at the home in Provo, Utah, that he shared with […]
World War II veteran reunites with 1st love in France 75 years after meeting: ‘You never got out of my heart’
I’ll just leave this here, its a few years old now but still a great story: K.T. Robbins, 97, of Mississippi, was visiting Normandy for the 75th anniversary celebrations for D-Day, and he had one wish — to reunite with the girl he’d left in France, but never forgotten. In 1944, Robbins met Jeannine Ganaye in […]
The Road to Pearl Harbor
Imperial Japanese Battle Ensign Welcome back our very own Veritas Omnia Vincit, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes. I for one have missed his annoyingly rational and well written screed. ‘Specially when he’s right. Anyway, he’s back from wherever he went to, and he didn’t come empty handed. Revisionist Historians once again get it wrong. I’ve seen […]
Day of Infamy
On this day in history, Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack kills 2,403 Americans, launches US into WWII America responded with overwhelming force that annihilated Imperial Japan, Nazi German war machines in less than four years By Kerry J. Byrne Imperial Japan launched a devastating Sunday morning surprise attack on the U.S. Navy and other […]
Student dresses as “Nazi”, Principal suspended
A Chicago-area principal at Jones College Prep was suspended over his handling of a student’s wear of a “Nazi” uniform on Halloween. This is a surprisingly knotty one – not as easy to judge as you may think. The prinicipal, Joseph Powers, tried to take the middle road… and thereby proved the adage that […]
Valor Friday
This week will be part one of a two-parter. Robin Olds’ story is just too big for a single article. In US Air Force history there are several well-known names. For example, the World War I American ace of aces, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, who was one of the most decorated Americans during the war. In […]
Divine Wind on this day…
Kamikaze, or officially Shinpu Tokubetsu Kogekitai, “Divine Wind Special Attack Unit” was named after the typhoon that destroyed a Mongol fleet in the thirteenth century, saving Japan from invasion. The Special Attack Forces were suicide units formed in the last year of World War II as a last-ditch effort to defend Japan. These units used […]
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, dead at 96
The longest reigning British monarch in history, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has died at age 96. Many are probably aware, but she was a veteran of World War II. During that conflict, while she was a princess, she served as an officer in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She was trained as a driver […]
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