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.
All Stories By Claire
First Black Navy SEAL, William Goines, dies at 88
Goines served three tours in Vietnam before serving five years with the Chuting Stars, a Navy Parachute Demonstration Team.
How a one-armed outfielder became an inspiration to wounded WWII veterans
Gray made his Major League debut in 1945.
National WWI Museum and Memorial now has Great War GIFs for every occasion
Feeling happy? Mad? Sad? The museum’s got a GIF for that.
Once a college football star, this soldier was recognized by his captor on the Bataan Death March
The former Notre Dame running back weighed just 98 pounds after 1,236 days as a prisoner of war.
The etymology of ‘f*ck’ and the war that popularized it
“If I hear another f*cking G.I. say ‘f*cking’ once more, I’ll cut my f*cking throat.”
Guy Ritchie set to direct WWII thriller ‘Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was Britain’s first black ops unit.
How some bra-wearing pigeons saved thousands of lives during WWII
Not even Alfred Hitchcock could have concocted the avian idea.
WWII escape maps might be the world’s most unique fashion statement
Invented by an MI9 intelligence officer, some 3.5 million escape maps of Europe and the Pacific were created during WWII to assist Allied forces shot down or taken prisoner.
Ever wanted to drive a WWII-era tank? Here’s your chance
Get in the driver's seat of an M4A3 Sherman, M24 Chaffee, or M26 Pershing.
‘Jerry’s Last Mission’: How WWII’s last combat pilot became a lifelong testament of the human spirit
The WWII pilot battled PTSD for decades until he became an example for other veterans to follow.
