Hitlers desk sold at auction

The desk set that once belonged to the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, sold for $423,000 to a California historical collector at a Stamford auction Thursday, according to Bill Panagopulos, owner of Alexander Historical Auctions.

This fits a growing trend of high demand for world war II items. Especially those of the Third Rich.

70 years ago today..

A day that will live in infamy. It was 70 years ago today. There are all sorts of articles and headlines about that day. Be sure to check some out.

Rare and Unseen pictures:
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/us/2011/12/06/rare-and-unseen-pics-after-pearl-harbor/#slide=1

Above Pearl Harbor:
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/07/9263923-pearl-harbor-from-above-1941-2011

Aging Pearl Harbor attack survivors passing on the baton

As the 70th anniversary approaches remaining members are passing on the legacy of that day in 1941. There will be much more in the news as the day approaches.

Read the full story here:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/04/us/pearl-harbor-legacy/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

Faces of World War II

Since 2006, Tom Sanders has been photographing World War II veterans for his book, “The Last Good War: The Faces and Voices of WW2.” Some of the subjects are shown with artifacts from their service. “I wanted to make people more aware of our veterans’ sacrifices and help put people’s lives into perspective,” he says.

View here: http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/11/faces-of-world-war-ii/

Einstein letter sells at auction

A typewritten letter signed by Albert Einstein three months before the outbreak of World War II sold for nearly $14,000.

The physicist writes of the importance of "rescuing our persecuted fellow-Jews from their calamitous peril and leading them toward a better future" in the June 10, 1939, letter.

Link to news story here.

Bones of Hitler Deputy Rudolf Hess Exhumed, Burned

Very bazaar story.

The bones of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, have been removed from their grave in a small Bavarian town that had become a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.

Before dawn Wednesday (7/20/11), workers exhumed Hess's bones from the grave in the Wunsiedel cemetery, then cremated the remains and scattered them secretly in a lake, whose name and location are not being divulged, cemetery administrator Andreas Fabel told The Associated Press.

Hess was captured in 1941 when he parachuted into Scotland on a mission to negotiate peace between Britain and Germany.

The attempt was denounced by Hitler, and Hess later told British authorities that the Nazi leader knew nothing of it.

In recent years, Hess has come to be seen as a martyr by the far-right and thousands of neo-Nazis have used the anniversary of his death as an occasion to hold large rallies, with Wunsiedel -- near the Czech border -- often a focal point.

Continue reading the story on fox news here.

Happy 90th birthday John Glenn

Today is John Glenn’s 90th birthday. Glenn's many accomplishments include being the first American to orbit the earth, a decorated Marine Corps veteran and a United States senator. He also saw service during World War II.  He flew 59 combat missions in the South Pacific.  He saw action over the Marshall Islands, where he attacked anti-aircraft batteries and dropped bombs on Maloelap. In 1945, he was assigned to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, where he was promoted to captain shortly before the war ended.