Historic Events Unveiled

* History Unveiled *

Providing an Insight into

Important World Events!

Weather you enjoy a particular era or aspect of history, history tends to repeat itself. "Don't let your curiosity hold you back!"

"Pictures, not letters, from Iwo Jima !"

The purpose of the U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima was to take the island’s two larger airfields. Without them they could not properly conduct air raids over Japan. Thus, the airfields on the island provided essential repair facilities for the returning B29 Bombers and Fighter Escorts.

Click image for an enlarged view.

When a North American P-51 of the 78th FS, 15th Fighter Group came in for a landing at its base on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, it slid into the 45th FS P-51 "Foxy" setting it on fire, then nosed over and fell on the wing of another plane . Both planes are beyond repair and probably the third one because of the damaged wing. 10 March 1945.

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U. S. Marine Corps

" Iwo Jima" Memorial.

Depicts the renowned WWII photograph of the 2nd

Iwo Jima flag raising.

"Honoring All Those Who Have Served."

Marine Beachhead on Iwo Jima.

"Iwo Jima - The First Flag" by artist Ron Stark

Click Either of the above Images for an Enlarged View.

Tableau Of The 2nd Iwo Jima Flag Raising.

Learn The Identity of

the five Young Marines

and a Navy Corpsman depicted in this

National Memorial.

Sculpture by:

Felix de Weldon

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The "Enola Gay" B-29 Superfortress Virtual Cockpit Tour.

Join Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr.,

Pilot and Aircraft commander,

as he preflight checks his bomber

prior to take-off on 6 August 1945.

This is an awesome look at the cockpit of the "Enola Gay", the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan to end WW 2. As you can see, the interior was not "plush" by any stretch of the imagination. I assume that the pilots sat on their parachutes. . . .

Use the picture's arrows to view the cockpit in any direction.
Created by David Palermo www.davidpalermo.com

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Click To Access Museum's Virtual Aircraft Tour.

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What Happened on Today's Date In History ?

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Hollywood's

Real War Heroes !

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~ Political Satire ~

Some Homespun Humor
by Will Rogers.
The 20th Century's " Best "
Political Satirist.

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Hubble Pointed at "Nothing"

Here is what happened when professional astronomers pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at what appeared to be absolutely nothing and left it there, first for 10 days, and then for 11 days.

An Amazing, Must Watch Video!

to view the original online Hubble video.

The following two FLV files can be viewed or saved by clicking FLV icon.

High Quality 854x480, FLV/H.264/AAC, size: 29.99Mb

Normal Quality 640x360, FLV/H.264/AAC, size: 18.55Mb

If you don't have an FLV player, Click to download >>

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Learn The History
of Military Taps.

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Did You Know ? ? ?

Interesting facts about the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier"

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What Do These Three Presidents

Have In Common ?

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Interesting

Medieval

Fun Facts.

Orwellian Technology,

is Big Brother already

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