Christopher Nolan's movie, Dunkirk, opened Friday to rave reviews. The New York Times calls it "a tour de force ...both sweeping and intimate." The Guardian calls it "utterly immersive" and predicts that the movie "will doubtless become the definitive cinematic depiction of this remarkable chapter of history." I saw the film last night and while I generally agree with … [Read more...]
On 75th Anniversary, U.S. Veterans Recall Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
By Dana Feldman and Hugh Gentry LOS ANGELES/HONOLULU, Dec 7 (Reuters) - It has been 75 years, but U.S. Navy veteran James Leavelle can still recall watching with horror as Japanese warplanes rained bombs down on his fellow sailors in the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War Two. Bullets bounced off the steel deck of his own ship, … [Read more...]
U.S. Merchant Seaman Awarded Highest Civilian Medal
Fox News reports that the decades-long effort to recognize and honor the U.S. Merchant Marines of WWII took another step forward Wednesday when the House passed a bipartisan measure to award the seamen a Congressional Gold Medal. The article states: The medal, along with the Presidential Medal of Honor, is the highest civilian award in the country. More than … [Read more...]
Three Countries Unite To Solve Nautical Mystery
(TheGuardian) Indonesia has agreed to work with the Netherlands to investigate the mysterious disappearance of several second world war shipwrecks – considered war graves – from the bottom of the Java Sea, the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, has said. The recent discovery that at least six Dutch and British warships sunk in 1942 had vanished from the … [Read more...]
Russia Honors First British Arctic Merchant Navy Convoy
By Dmitry Madorsky (Reuters) British and Russian World War Two veterans gathered on Wednesday in Arkhangelsk, 75 years to the day since Britain's first Arctic convoy of military supplies steamed into the northern port. Britain's Princess Anne has been among those attending events honoring those who sailed, and the thousands who died, protecting supply convoys dispatched to … [Read more...]