Left to right: Army Capt. John E. Stewart, Army 1st Lt. John L. Jerstad, Army 1st Lt. Benjamin B. Klose, Army 1st Lt. James A. Latene and Army 1st Lt. George J. Reuter receive Air Medals during a ceremony in Cairo, March 3, 1943. Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. John Jerstad AUG. 2, 2021 …
Three ex-servicemen firing at the jailAthens, Tennessee, 1946Archives Photograph Collection Tennessee National Library. Athens Tennessee. 1946 Aug. 1, 1946 during the “Battle of Athens.” Soldiers who had returned to McMinn County after World War II were fed up with what they perceived to be machine-style corruption there, led by political boss Paul Cantrell. When Cantrell …
Turkey: Arbitrary Arrests, Kidnappings, Torture in Prison by Uzay Bulut Gatestone “Because my surgery was delayed while I was in prison, my left upper tooth, left palate, cheekbone and lymph nodes were removed. The bottom of my left chin is now empty. 20 cms of bone was taken from my leg and placed on my face… …
By Hannes Wessels, A year after I was born, in 1957, The Gold Coast became Ghana and the first country in Africa to acquire independence from Great Britain. Three years later, in February 1960, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan addressed the South African Parliament in Cape Town and famously declared: “The wind of change is …
STRATEGIC FAILURE OR JUST PURE INEPTNESS? Many are questioning the monumental failure of the South African government regarding the uncontrolled anarchy, looting and criminality that recently shook the country and its increasingly inept parliament to its foundations. South Africa has, however, a record of consistent failure by its self-righteous government, so none of what happened …
