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Kulczycki’s daughter knew that it was better for the museum to keep the uniform back as it is truly a precious military history item that needs to be shared with everyone. If she kept the uniform, she knew that it was going to be kept inside a cabinet, not to be used at all, so she made her mind up to gift the museum the uniform back where it would be treasured.

Here are some of the most shocking and interesting findings from the recent past that will surely delight your brain…

War Soldier’s Postcard


A postcard sent from an army medical hospital in Rockford, Illinois, 7 decades ago finally reached the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it. During his time at Camp Grant in Rockford, soldier George Leisenring’s parents met him and he sent his sisters Pauline and Theresa Leisenring  a postcard at the family home in Elmira, NY which said, “Dear Pauline and Theresa, We arrived safe, had a good trip, but we were good and tired,” reached in the year 2012 only.

A Billion Dollar Art Haul


There were a number of Nazi art worth billions that had been discovered too. They were discovered in an apartment in Munich behind rotten food. Around 1500 paintings that were done by masters of art like Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, and Chagall that went missing during the time of the Dresden bombing in 1945. The paintings were taken into custody by the Nazis. However, these incredible works have been taken back by investigators giving them back to their owners.

WWII Carrier Pigeon’s Message


As a family restored their fireplace in their Surrey home in England, David Martin found a coded message attached to the skeleton of a carrier pigeon. The bird was actually making its way back from enemy lines at the Bletchley Park in Surrey. This place was the British army’s main decryption center during WWII. This bird unfortunately never reached its destination and got stuck in this chimney for over 70 years…

Barrels of Lard


A large number of barrels from the WWII-era lard that was from a shipwreck washed ashore on a Scottish beach after storms lashed St. Cyrus Natural Reserve. This is about 100 miles north of Edinburgh. The wooden barrels had broken apart but the lard was still intact. The lard was seen on the shores after a merchant ship was bombed during WWII, continually washing up after every bag storm.

Lost WWII Battlefield


A WWII battlefield that still has all the utilities of the Japanese soldiers had been discovered in the jungles of Papua New Guinea in 2010. Former army captain Brian Freeman this place at around half a mile from the village of Eora Creek. This was the place where the last huge battle between Australia and Japan took place. This was a hunting ground for the locals but this battlefield was not used in respect for the dead, plus the spirits of the deceased soldiers were believed to be roaming here.