Arguably the most venom I have ever seen has come from spouses spurned. It is simply amazing to see the depths of unfettered hatred that can spawn from a relationship presumably originally based upon mutual love and affection. Such powerful angst can precipitate some remarkably egregious behavior.
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Dan White, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, and the Twinkie Defense
BY Will Dabbs Updated: September 4, 2022Dan White was a trained soldier, a combat veteran, and an experienced police officer. He knew how to run a gun. White drew his revolver and shot Moscone twice, once in the shoulder and again in the chest, perforating the man’s lung. White then shot Moscone twice at close range through the ear, killing him. Bystanders later reported that they took the sound for a car backfiring.
The Defection of Viktor Belenko: One Man Shifts the Balance of Power in the Cold War
BY Will Dabbs Updated: August 28, 2022Viktor Belenko was born in Nalchik, Russia, on February 15, 1947. By his 29th birthday, LT Belenko was at the top of his game. LT Belenko was the poster child for 1970’s-era communism. Under the surface, however, all was not well with the Soviet Air Defense Force’s fair-haired boy.
Panzermeyer and the Ardenne Abbey Massacre
BY Will Dabbs Updated: August 14, 2022Whether it is spontaneous road rage or a husband spurned, it is the heat of the moment that drives so many people to do so many things they might later regret. Little is more emotionally heated than modern combat.
David Niven: The British Movie Star Commando who Won the Iron Cross
BY Will Dabbs Updated: August 6, 2022Today’s crop of actors is, with few exceptions, a bunch of vapid amoral losers. Their standard of accomplishment is running about naked and flying on private jets to A-lister conferences while telling the rest of us what we should be sacrificing to battle climate change. By contrast, David Niven was a real-live warrior.
The Secret War of Sorrell Booke: Boss Hogg was a Spy
BY Will Dabbs Updated: July 31, 2022As a very young man, Sorrell would entertain the patients in his dad’s waiting room. Show business was in his blood.
Larry Thorne: The Eternal Soldier
BY Will Dabbs Updated: November 12, 2023There are roughly 400,000 veterans and eligible dependents buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Major Larry Alan Thorne is the only former member of the Waffen SS to be found there.
SSG Alan Magee: The Luckiest Man in the World
BY Will Dabbs Updated: July 10, 2022That SSG Alan Magee survived being thrown clear of his disabled B17 at more than 20,000 feet without a parachute was a legitimate miracle.
USAF F-15E versus Iraqi Mi-24: Can’t We All Just Be Friends?
BY Will Dabbs Updated: July 3, 2022Operation Desert Shield ran from August 2, 1990, until January 17, 1991. This was the massive buildup of Allied forces in Saudi Arabia in response to Saddam Hussein’s unprovoked invasion of Iraq.
Ben Baker: The Real-World “Q”
BY Will Dabbs Updated: June 26, 2022Ian Fleming conjured his fictional MI6 agent 007 based upon his personal experiences as a spy during WW2. The name James Bond was pirated from that of an obscure ornithologist of the day. Fleming wanted his secret agent to have a name that was both pedestrian and unremarkable.