In spite of his wounds, McGuire countercharged, emptying his rifle into his assailants and then using it as a club while ...

An Accrington D-Day veteran, who could “strike up a discussion with anyone”, has died at age 100. Alvin Ansell died ...

Cruise the legendary Mississippi River from Memphis to New Orleans aboard a classic-style paddle-wheeler. Enjoy panel ...

In the years leading up to World War I, the principal enemy these units ... Disembarking at Semut from the gunboat Pampanga, the squad, led by Ensign Charles Hovey, with a local guide, Hospital ...

In 1803, for instance, President Jefferson returned $50,000 that Congress had appropriated to build gunboats on the Mississippi ... or the outbreak of World War II as a justification for ...

Britain’s diplomatic strategy for more than 150 years – since 1940 perhaps its only coherent strategy – has been to ensure ...

I also visited Germany when I was already a senior lecturer in the University of Lagos and had the privilege to have a ride on a German gunboat on ... in the Second World War creating feelings ...