Claire Barrett

Claire Barrett is the Strategic Operations Editor for Sightline Media and a World War II researcher with an unparalleled affinity for Sir Winston Churchill and Michigan football.

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His father never spoke of WWII. His flight logs told the story for him

Historian and author Howard Mansfield had vowed to never write another word about World War II. Until another one fell into his lap.

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Meet the 700-pound pig who raised $19 million for the Navy in WWII

By war’s end, King Neptune had brought in over $19 million for the Navy — roughly $320 million today.

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Pearl Harbor survivor Lou Conter, 101, is seen at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.

Last survivor of USS Arizona dies at 102

Conter went on to survive two shoot downs as a pilot during World War II and was later a pioneer of the Navy's SERE program.

That time British sailors sang Monty Python as their ship burned

Always look on the bright side of life.

That time a helo crew dropped greased pigs onto an aircraft carrier

In the video, three pigs can be seen being released from the helo onto the flight deck of the Kennedy, as bewildered sailors give chase.

This Marine ruled as the king of a Haitian island for three years

Sgt. Faustin Wirkus’ ascent from a poor 'breaker boy' — separating coal from slate — to king, is the stuff of Marine Corps legend.

The TV show that ambushed a Hiroshima survivor with an Enola Gay pilot

The bizarre interaction caused many, including Jack Gould at The New York Times, to accuse the show of exploiting the raw and private emotions of victims.

How one girl delivered hope amid a world of evil in ‘Zone of Interest’

'Zone of Interest' director Jonathan Glazer focused on sounds of the Holocaust to convey the horrors happening inside Auschwitz.

‘Ghosts’ of WWII to be honored with Congressional Gold Medal

Activated in 1944, the unit known as the Ghost Army was the first mobile, multimedia tactical deception outfit in U.S. Army history.

Witches be crazy: How one WWII ship led to the UK’s last witch trial

One particular séance in 1941 attracted the attention of the British War Office.

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