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A Russian soldier named only as Alexander shared his story of how he cut his leg off and spent 17 days surviving in a trench. His comrades-in-arms were helping him for all 17 days before the wounded soldier was evacuated. “I could survive only because the guys were helping me. They would bring […]
Zakariya Aliev managed to survive and to hold a defense position for three weeks despite being injured and running low in supplies Russian sapper Zakariya Aliev has spoken with RT after he managed to reach the Russian side of the front line in the Zaporozhye region, having held a defense point alone and injured for […]
Victoria Cross for Vietnam war veteran who ran into enemy fire to help comrades Kate Lyons The governor general and prime minister have announced the posthumous awarding of the Victoria Cross, Australia’s highest military honour, to Private Richard Norden, a veteran of the Vietnam war. Norden, then aged 19, ran into enemy fire after his […]
The “remarkable courage” of an Irish soldier killed in Lebanon almost two years ago undoubtedly saved the lives of three of his comrades, the Secretary General of the United Nations has told his family. Antonio Guterres said Private Seán Rooney was a “courageous and fearless” soldier who, despite sustaining fatal wounds, attempted to drive his […]
Michael Ofer-Ziv said he could not continue to serve because of the “dehumanisation” of Palestinians he witnessed in Gaza. Source link
The civilian sexual assault trial of a Canadian Forces soldier began Monday in a Barrie, Ont., courtroom, with the accuser taking the witness stand to describe an attack inside a broom closet on a military base. Cpl. Oleksii Silin is facing one charge of aggravated sexual assault and once charge of forcible confinement stemming from […]
The rapper, whose name was Kaseem Ryan, was known for self-producing 11 albums while also a maintaining a career with the New York Fire Department. Source link
Who was Simon Fraser? Winston Churchill, in a letter to Stalin, referred to Lord Lovat aka Simon Fraser as “the handsomest man who ever cut a throat.” The Fifteenth Lord Lovat, Simon Fraser, was a professional soldier with a long running Scottish ancestry some of whom had also made their presence known in history. Those […]