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Fighting WW2 for 34 Years For most of the world, World War 2 ended in 1945. But for Hirō Onoda it didn’t end until 1974. Onoda was born on March 19, 1922, in Kamekawa Village, Kaisō District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. When he was 18, he was enlisted in the Imperial Japanese Army Infantry. His Misson …
Aogashima Aogashima is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea, located 222 mi south of Tokyo. The island’s area is 3.38 sq mi and, as of 2014, its population is 170. While the history of human settlement in Aogashima is uncertain, the island is mentioned in records that recorded volcanic activity in the 1600s, so we think that it has been …
Although Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler may not be household names, together they make up the most amazing fact about our 10th president: Who are Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler? John Tyler was born in 1790. He took office in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died, our shortest …
Whatever happened to Aunt Bee? Frances Bavier had roles in more than a dozen films, as well as playing a range of supporting roles on television, but it is her role as Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry Rfd that her fans remember her. I’m not Aunt Bee Contrary to her character, …
Just Before it all went wrong It was Saturday in Pripyat, in the Soviet Union. The next weekend would be the annual May Day celebrations, the new amusement park would open with it big Ferris wheel that towered over this 16-year-old city of 49,360 people built to house the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Something, however, …
It started as a Naval Fort During World War 2 the British constructed several forts at sea to guard the port of Hardwich, Essex and the Thames estuary. One of these was Hm Fort Roughs, a 4500-ton naval installation 6 miles from the coast of Suffolk. The British government official entities used the fort until 1956 …