# Donald Trump    AI-generated Content    Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool    Soccer    White House   

World War II

Are These Red Cross Nurses on the Beaches of Normandy on D-Day?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 12, 2015

Nurses did provide vital medical aid to soldiers during World War II, but not as suggested in a ...

Read More


Did Joe Biden Misremember Who Attacked Pearl Harbor?

Written by: Dan Evon

Aug. 4, 2015

Don't believe everything you see in a meme, even supposed quotes from gaffe-prone politicians.

Read More


WWII Veteran Emerges from Coma After 69 Years

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 23, 2015

Rumor: A veteran injured during the 1945 battle of Iwo Jima finally came out of his coma 69 year ...

Read More


War Games

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 19, 2012

Chart shows an 'interesting look at world leaders' during World War II.

Read More


Did Obama Prevent FDR's D-Day Prayer from Being Added to the WWII Memorial?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Dec. 5, 2011

A Congressional bill sought to add FDR's D-Day prayer to the national World War II Memorial, but ...

Read More


Were Escape Kits Smuggled to WWII POWs in Monopoly Games?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 23, 2010

Escape kits were smuggled to some Allied POWs during World War II by being cleverly concealed in ...

Read More


Edward G. Robinson Aided the French Resistance

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

July 1, 2009

Edward G. Robinson personally funded the French Resistance in World War II?

Read More


Charlie Brown

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 3, 2008

A B-17 damaged on a bombing raid over Germany reached England safely after a German pilot declin ...

Read More


Etymology of Kilroy Was Here

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Feb. 18, 2008

Did the phrase 'Kilroy Was Here' began as a ship inspector's mark in World War II?

Read More


Missing Words from WWII Memorial

Written by: David Mikkelson

June 8, 2004

Does the National WWII memorial omit the words 'So help us God' from an FDR speech?

Read More


Edward R. Murrow on Restraint

Written by: David Mikkelson

Sept. 29, 2001

Did newsman Edward R. Murrow pen a piece about the need for restraint in the U.S. response to th ...

Read More


Casablanca and White House

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 1, 2001

During the Germans pass up a chance to kill FDR because they mistranslated the name of the city ...

Read More


The Gold and Ivory Tablecloth

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 25, 2000

A war-separated couple is reunited by a tablecloth.

Read More


The King of Denmark Wore a Yellow Star

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 4, 2000

The legend of non-Jewish Danes donning yellow stars in solidarity with Jews during the Nazi occu ...

Read More


Lucky Strike Logo Color Change

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 17, 1999

Did Lucky Strike cigarettes change the color of their package to help aid the war effort?

Read More


Letter of Intent

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Oct. 17, 1999

Woman narrowly misses becoming the latest victim of a gang of murderers in WWII Berlin.

Read More


Did 'The Green Hornet' Change Kato's Nationality After Pearl Harbor?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 16, 1999

The nationality of Kato, the Green Hornet's valet, was somewhat ambiguous as World War II began.

Read More


Lucille Ball

Did Lucille Ball's Fillings Help Capture Japanese Spies?

Written by: David Mikkelson

July 24, 1999

Was a memorable episode of 'Gilligan's Island' an inadvertent re-creation of what Lucille Ball e ...

Read More


Message Under the Stamp

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

April 22, 1999

A message hidden under the stamp of a letter from a POW camp tells the real story?

Read More


Page: 5


Source code