RMS “Aquitania” was a British ship that had been converted from a WWI Hospital Ship (“Aquitania”) and then into a luxury cruise liner for the Merchant Navy. At the outbreak of WW2, the ship was converted once again into a Troop Ship configuration. With the 100th General Hospital perso...
into law on 30 July 1942, little did people know that female service in the US Navy would become something that would last far beyond the "emergency". By mid-1943, 27,000 American women served in the WAVES program. While their WW1 counterparts served only as nurses and secretaries, these...
The U.S. Army began issuing serial numbers to help avoid mixing the records of people with the same name. (A genealogist’s dream come true!) When we dig a little deeper into the number itself, we can learn a bit about the person. ...
1 In 1988, a US navy cruise missile shot down Iran Flight 655, killing its 290 civilian passengers. In 1996 As part of the settlement, the US did not admit legal liability or formally apologize to Iran but agreed to pay on an ex gratia basis $61.8 million. 1,2 In 1980, the US ...
A report on the memorial tribute to the RAF Airmen and the other British army/navy personnel from the British West Indies who served in WW II held in Washington DC on June 19, 2009. [Report by CaribNation Television; courtesy Gabriel Christian] ...