A paramedic with the Houston Fire Department eager to learn more about his late grandfather's military service had a stroke of luck after he began his research. Mark Holmes of Pearland, Texas, told ...
The U.S. Army Air Corps A-2 flight jacket was among the most iconic and treasured items of military apparel ever issued to American military personnel during World War II. Based upon “Bomber Boys,” a ...
Trufelman couldn’t have picked a more apt time to premiere the new season. Not only has “gorpcore,” coined by Jason Chen to ...
When Rudolph Jennings first donned a bomber jacket, it was part of his flight gear – a necessity in uninsulated aircraft.
March 15 (UPI) --A World War II bomber jacket left behind at a Washington restaurant in the early 1950s was returned to the daughter of its original owner more than 60 years later. Pat Nesbitt, who ...
TUCSON (KVOA) - A new exhibit debuted Saturday at the 390th Memorial Museum. The museum has more than 40 A-2 flying jackets -- one of the largest collections in the country. The jackets have been ...
This is a story you do not hear every day. A World War II leather bomber jacket was left behind at a bar in Tacoma, Washington in the early 1950s. After no one returned to claim it, a man took it home ...
He single-handedly held off 250 German troops and six tanks, saving an entire company. And that was just the start of what he ...
Coming from a long line of military veterans, 100-year-old Walter Stitt Jr. never thought twice about risking his life to fight against the Germans in World War II. Recognized by the Blue Jackets on ...