Marilyn Monroe: The Tragic Heroine of Hollywood and the Price of Dreams_USt
Marilyn Monroe: The Tragic Heroine of Hollywood and the Price of Dreams In the golden halls of Hollywood cinema, one name continues to shimmer long after the lights have dimmed—Marilyn Monroe. To the world, she was a goddess of beauty,…
What Happened When Australian Commanders Refused to Follow American Orders? VU
What Happened When Australian Commanders Refused to Follow American Orders? In 1966, the war stopped being a distant headline and became a machine with gears you could hear grinding from half a world away. In Washington, the language was numbers…
The Secret Australian Monster of WWII – America Never Talked About. VU
The Secret Australian Monster of WWII – America Never Talked About In 1941, Australia stared north and felt, for the first time in its modern history, something that tasted like extinction. It wasn’t a poetic fear, not the kind you…
What Happened When the Aussie SAS Sawed Their Rifles in Half — And Shocked the Navy SEALs. VU
What Happened When the Aussie SAS Sawed Their Rifles in Half — And Shocked the Navy SEALs It had been five months in-country when I saw it happen, and by then I thought I’d seen most of what Vietnam could…
Why were Australian SAS soldiers dirty, while the Americans in the land of the blue dragon remained clean? VU
Why were Australian SAS soldiers dirty, while the Americans in the land of the blue dragon remained clean? In Vietnam, the jungle didn’t feel like a place you entered . It felt like a living being that closed in on…
Why American soldiers used M16 rifles when the Australian SAS in the land of the blue dragon chose British L1A1 rifles. VU
Why American soldiers used M16 rifles when the Australian SAS in the land of the blue dragon chose British L1A1 rifles Why would a soldier in the middle of jungle warfare, where every gram felt like a punishment and every…
She screamed “Don’t hurt me” as the American grabbed her dress.. NU.
She screamed “Don’t hurt me” as the American grabbed her dress. November 16, 1944. Hürtgen Forest, Germany. The world was reduced to a monochrome of mud and splintered pine trees. The rain, a constant, tearful drizzle, made the ground slippery…
How did the design of a “useless” truck become the basis for Red Ball Express…? NU
How did the design of a “useless” truck become the basis for Red Ball Express…? In the summer of 1944, just weeks after American troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, the Allied armies were plunged into a crisis for…
From Convoy to Disaster: “Truck Sinks!” — The Shocking Story of the American Rescue of Japanese Prisoners of War. NU.
From Convoy to Disaster: “Truck Sinks!” — The Shocking Story of the American Rescue of Japanese Prisoners of War They were told the Americans would shoot them on sight. They were told that rape, torture, and an unmarked grave were…
When the German prisoners of war arrived in America, this was the most unusual sight for them. NU.
When the German prisoners of war arrived in America, this was the most unusual sight for them. On June 4, 1943, at the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia, Seaman Heman Butche approached the ship, walking down the pier, his legs…