Wartime letters bring history to life in Dear Mr Snippet
In the summer of 2022, a married couple, John and Rita Reed’s collection of letters, personal and military diaries and ...
Military.com5d
21 Gun Salute: The History and Meaning of a Military Tradition
The 21-gun salute is one of the highest military honors, performed for dignitaries, heads of state and fallen service members ...
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Museum offers new home to gun St. Paulites used to fire first American shots of WWII
The 49-year-old museum, which will open a new 40,000-square-foot facility in summer 2026, wants to restore Gun No. 3 and house it in a planned World War II gallery, safe from the elements.
Wall Street Journal29d
The Hottest Job in a World at War: Gun-for-Hire
Colombia, racked by decades of conflict, is a top source of hired guns. Jhonny Pinilla had battled guerrillas in his country’s jungles for a decade. But the frenzied, close-quarter combat that ...
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‘Bat Bombs’: A weird, disturbing WWII weapon that used South Texas bats
The Mexican free-tailed bat, which roosts under our freeways and in caves, even shows up on radars during their evening mass ...
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Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...
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Court told owning seized guns was an ‘act of war’
A PROSECUTOR called the possession of weapons seized during a major firearm bust in Bain Town last week an “act of war”, while the lawyer for the two men charged with the offence described ...