Events

United States Army Air Force Captain Anthony Baird Mitchell was born to Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Mitchell. Baird Mitchell grew up as the youngest of five children in the town of Poland, Ohio where his father was Mayor. He was an accomplished athlete and ...

This one-of-a-kind frame tells the story of a father and son, both recipients of the highest military honour of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: the Military Order of Maria Theresa. Two captioned boxes at the top indicate the honours for which both men r...

Hansgeorg Bätcher, the son of an engineer, was born on January 13th, 1914 in Finsterwalde. As a child Batcher dreamt of becoming a pilot and had achieved every requirement to become a glider pilot by the age of 17. In January 1935 he joined the newl...