Survivor 43 winner Mike Gabler is donating his $1M prize to veterans
On December 14, 2022, heart valve specialist Mike Gabler was announced as the winner of Survivor season 43. Over the course of the show, Gabler revealed his intentions to donate…
The last survivor of the WWII Dambusters Raid passed away
In 1943, the British Royal Air Force’s No. 617 “Dambusters” Squadron was tasked with Operation Chastise. Their mission was to attack Germans dams with the goal of flooding valleys that…
Did this British soldier have 9 lives?
How many times can a person come close to death, without actually succumbing to that ill fate? In the case of one British soldier, the number grew until it was…
This Pearl Harbor survivor and decorated WWII vet is asking for birthday cards for his 100th
Jack Holder was born on December 13, 1921 on a farm in rural Gunter, Texas. A child of the Great Depression, he learned how to work hard at a young…
Nebraska’s last Pearl Harbor survivor has died at 102
Edward “Ed” Guthrie was Nebraska’s last living survivor and eyewitness of the attack on Pearl Harbor. On January 10, 2021, he passed away at 102 years old. A Navy Electrician’s…
What it was like to survive being scalped by native warriors
No one knows for sure just how the practice of scalping came to be, but for at least a century, removing the scalp of a fallen enemy as proof of valor and skill…