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by Ellie DePastino Phu Bai, 1966. EA-3 Mike Wagner & PCSN Carroll Brousssard stand with The Great “Pumkin.” Photo by Raymond Cochran. 1966 was the...
(Canada National Archives) You’re looking at Dr. Alec Douglas, official historian of the Canadian Armed Forces, laying eyes for the first time on the remnants...
by Shaun Hall NH 48749 Captain John Paul Jones. A composite picture showing the match between a plaster cast of Captain John Paul Jones and...
Back in August, we had Blue Star Mom, Doctoral Student, and now, children’s book author Lori Huertas on the Scuttlebutt. Her book that she gave...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Though soldiers walked the mat from the beginning, it wasn’t until 1937...
If you’re looking for something to smile about, watch this 3-minute news piece from WMTV Channel 15 in Madison, Wisconsin, on our own 13-year-old Henry...
Two Sundays ago, during a game against the visiting Raiders, the Pittsburgh Steelers honored WWII Navy veteran Julia Parsons on the field for her working...
Thank you to Navy veteran Chris Pirollo for telling us about the San Diego Web Cam, which is really a collection of webcam views that...
by Todd DePastino (Smithsonian) The most famous stuffed pigeon in history has one leg, one eye and resides at the Smithsonian Institution, an artifact of...
The answer is yes, though what we call a “vaccine” didn’t exist in 1777. Instead, people protected themselves from the deadly smallpox virus by inhaling...
Historian Stephen Taaffe, author of Marshall and His Generals, joins us on Greatest Generation Live to discuss how General George C. Marshall, chief of staff...
(Library of Congress) Ed Kolasinski (Dave Kolasinski) Dave Kolasinski emailed to say he’d recently discovered his father’s “little black book” from WWII. Included were names...
