Borepatch

Dwight posts the obituary of Gen. John C. Bahnsen Jr. (USA - ret).  So who was Gen. Bahnsen?  Just a guy who was awarded the Distinguished ...

Stephen emails to point out this story of another hero's final muster : Macpherson returned to England in September 1945 and was demob...

Old NFO has it .  Damn, that's amazing.

Stephen emails to point out that another hero has mustered out : Wing Commander Ken Rees, who has died aged 93, was the last surviving mem...

Image via Der Wik One hundred years ago, the Empire of Austria-Hungary declared war, which started Europe's slow suicide.  Four year...

Up until this very day : Jackie Rozek fights back tears after she is presented with a flag by members of the Patriot Guard Rider to hon...

As we anticipate the centenary of the War To End Wars, this is a modified version of last year's post about a whole generation who were ...

74 years after the "Miracle of Dunkirk", Sir Winston's words still inspire. What General Weygand has called the Battle of...

Sometimes what would be over the top can fit a particular moment.  I would usually write about what the moment meant, but I just did .  The ...

Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day.  Remember the men who waded ashore through machine gun fire to assault the Atlantic Wall. Today...

And stared down Werner von Braun .

Sgt First Class Jared Monti, 1975-2006 Memorial Day is when we stop to remember those who gave that full measure of devotion for this Re...

Today is ANZAC day, a holiday that recalls that day 98 years ago when the Tommies from the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) hi...

Stephen emails to point out the upcoming auction of these: The decorations of Air Commodore Ronald Berry .  Expected price, 120,000 UKP...

Wow : Colonel Tresham Gregg, who has died aged 94, had an adventurous Army career as a leader of wartime Italian partisans, having already...

Irving Mitchberg, survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto : Irving Milchberg, who has died aged 86, was the wartime leader of the “cigarette sell...

Stephen emails to point out that another warrior has joined the last muster : He said: ‘My regiment had been given the order to fight to t...

Major General Logan Scott-Bowden : Major-General Logan Scott-Bowden, who has died aged 93, carried out secret reconnaissance missions to...

People will say it was Audie Murphy, but he was never asked to be the face of G. I. Joe .  Holy cow.

It is said that the old navies in the days of sail consisted of wooden ships and iron men.  The veterans of the Mighty Eighth air force have...