This WWII soldier knocked out 6 German pillboxes and took 18 prisoners by himself
Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.
The War in Ukraine Is Fought on Horseback Against Drones Carrying Machine Guns
The war in Ukraine is one of robots and horses. It’s WW1-style trench warfare with modern killing machines. As Kyiv is perfecting the art of lethal drones on the ground, sea, and air, Moscow has ...
Army Times5d
The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
The Sun Chronicle14d
Firing squad could become Idaho's main execution method under a bill awaiting governor's approval
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Death by firing squad could become Idaho's primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor's desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday ...
The Straits Times15d
South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in US in 15 years
COLUMBIA, South Carolina - South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed ...
The New York Times15d
The Crack of Rifles, Then Silence: What a Firing Squad Execution Was Like
By Jeffrey Collins Jeffrey Collins, a reporter for The Associated Press, was one of the three media witnesses to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad. He has covered executions in South ...
Daily Post Nigeria15d
War: Ukraine’s front line will collapse if I turn off Starlink – Elon Musk
“Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off. What I am sickened by (Th)is years of slaughter in a stalemate that Ukraine will inevitably lose. “Anyone who really cares, really ...
The Irish Times15d
South Carolina man executed by firing squad
The armed prison employees stood 15 feet from where Sigmon sat in the state’s death chamber — the same distance as the backboard is from the free-throw line on a basketball court. The firing ...
Live 5 News15d
‘Violent and sudden’: Witness to first SC firing squad execution describes what he saw
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WCSC) - One of the media witnesses to Friday night’s execution, the first ever in the state to use a firing squad, provided his eyewitness account. Jeffrey Collins was one of three ...
CBS News15d
Firing squad witness describes South Carolina execution of Brad Sigmon: "My heart started pounding"
None of the previous 10 prepared me for watching the firing squad death of Brad Sigmon on Friday night. I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods - nine ...
Indiatimes15d
Who was Brad Sigmon? First US prisoner executed by firing squad in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by a firing squad in South Carolina, marking the first use of this method in the US in 15 years. Convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001 ...
The Independent15d
Idaho desperately wants to build a facility to execute by firing squad. But nobody wants the contract
Only three have been by firing squad. South Carolina is set to ... to death via lethal injection but couldn’t establish an IV line after trying eight times. His veins kept collapsing, department ...