Since 1920, Garfield “Gar” Wood had held the Harmsworth Trophy. Conceived of by British newspaper magnate Alfred Harmsworth, the Trophy was awarded to…
Although his father was a co-founder of the Dodge Brothers Company, progenitor to today’s Dodge automobile company, Horace Elgin Dodge Jr. did not…
Under Junkers engineer Manfred Gerlach, development of the Junkers Motorenbau (Jumo) 224 two-stroke, opposed-piston, diesel aircraft engine began when the development of the Jumo 223 stopped…
Sir Harry Ricardo as seen in 1955 at age 70. Sir Harry Ricardo (26 January 1885 – 18 May 1974) was one of…
In the early 1930s, Fairbanks Morse & Company (FM) took an interest in two-stroke, opposed-piston, diesel engines, and they acquired a license to…
In the late 1920s, Desire Joseph Deschamps moved forward with his vision of an inverted, two-stroke, high-speed, diesel aircraft engine. Deschamps had immigrated…
Over the centuries, numerous vessels have been found floating on the high seas without a crew — here are some of the most…
Just 16 years old, Bill Clinton was about to enter his senior year at Hot Springs High School. From a working-class family, Clinton’s…
Lieutenant Ronald Speirs earned a reputation for both bravery and brutality while fighting in Europe with the now-legendary Easy Company during World War…
At the end of World War II, the U.S. opened camps of its own, where perhaps a million German prisoners died in secret.…
Born in Shanghai just before the war, Judy the dog was adopted by British sailors and protected them across Indonesia — where she…
Captain Lewis Nixon III fought with the 101st Airborne Division's Easy Company alongside Major Dick Winters in historic clashes like D-Day and the…