Americans pledge their support of Osama Bin Laden’s 9/11 attacks in new viral trend
TikTok users have reportedly discovered the manifesto of Osama Bin Laden twenty-two years after its release— and the outcome isn’t what you’d suspect. The sudden rash of “aware” TikTokers have been trending on both the Chinese social media platform as well as on Twitter/X, particularly in relation to how... Read more
CIA paid prostitutes to drug Americans after they lured them in with the promise of sex
By Andy Wolf It’s no secret that the Central Intelligence Agency is the home of dirty tricks, espionage, and questionable activities to achieve dubious means. From declassified documents outlining their clandestine deeds to being caught in the act, the CIA is the embodiment of the phrase “Exitus Acta Probat”... Read more
Trudeau slammed after honoring Nazi veteran in Parliament

Canada’s leader of the opposition, Pierre Poilievre, launched a scathing attack at Prime Minister Justice Trudeau, alleging that he “personally met with and honoured” a veteran who fought for the Nazis during World War II.

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Civil War soldier who was executed for desertion may have been disabled

William Laird’s grave sits in a copse of trees, down an unmarked dirt road in Berwick, overlooking hayfields he worked during the first half of the 19th century.

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9/11 World Trade Center hero was Hal Moore’s “best platoon leader” ever
In Fort Benning, Georgia, there stands a statue of one of America’s finest infantrymen. During his life, he embodied the very essence of the American hero archetype, from fighting against waves of communist soldiers as a young officer in Vietnam to sacrificing himself in an attempt to evacuate people... Read more
Revolutionary War archives are drawing attention at University
Mike Chartier found this portrait of Philip Freneau, the poet of the American Revolution, after doing some extensive sleuthing. The painting is now returned to Matawan and is shown in Chartier’s home Monday, February 22, 2021 Mike UrbanReading Eagle, Pa.(TNS) Sep. 7—Kutztown University is the new home of an... Read more
Nidal Hasan’s motive in Fort Hood massacre was to rescue mother’s soul according to researcher

As he sits in a military prison, condemned to die for killing 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, you might think the state of his beard wouldn’t be Nidal Hasan’s top concern.

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The phenomenon of Spam, and how it fed our troops

Spam is just canned meat with a catchy name. Yet its cultural legacy rivals any of Minnesota’s other famous exports.

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Underwater for 40 years, this WWII plane has taken 40 more to restore

Dozens of doohickeys have been scavenged and reinstalled — indicators, coordinators, gauges for pressure and altitude, a bright red button to release the cargo.

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The only person to be recorded earning the Medal of Honor kept fighting after being shot seven different times
Sergeant Chapman enlisted in the Air Force on Sept. 27, 1985, as an information systems operator, but felt called to be part of Air Force special operations. In 1989, he cross-trained to become an Air Force combat controller. According to friends and family, Sergeant Chapman had a tendency to... Read more