German World War I flying ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the "Red Baron," was a hero during the war. He flew against all common sense in a blazing red airplane and was credited with shooting down an amazing 80 enemy planes.

It has been 91 years since his death and a new discovery has been made about him. Last month, Polish historian Maciej Kowalczyk was combing through the World War I records at the archives in Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland when he stumbled upon the official death certificate of Baron Manfred von Richthofen. Richthofen's death certificate looked like any other from that era - a one page, handwritten form that contained only basic information. For more information about the discovery of the Red Baron's death certificate, see this New York Times article.

After spending three years digitizing, the Centre of South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge has put over 150 audio oral histories online. These oral histories, originally recorded in the 1960s through 1980s, captured the thoughts of a diverse collection of people, from farmers to would-be assassins to freedom fighters. All the recollections revolve around India's fight for independence and India's partition. Most of the oral histories were conducted in English; however, some may be difficult to clearly hear because of heavy accents.

Despite a U.S. documentary that claims the skull fragment held at the Russian State Archive in Moscow is that of a woman, Russian officials have continued to insist that both the skull fragment and the jawbone are Hitler's. Recently, the chief archivist at the Federal Security Service in Moscow stated that these two skeletal fragments are the only evidence of Hitler's death.

It seems to me that these continued announcements create more questions than they solve. Did the U.S. scientist actually get access to the skull fragment and take DNA evidence from it? In many ways, this seems doubtful, yet the History Channel says they have proof. Could the skull fragment be that of Eva Braun? If the skull fragment does turn out to be from a woman, could the jawbone still be Hitler's? Will Russia allow more testing to be done?

Ira Hayes, was one of the U.S. Marines who appeared in the iconic photograph taken of six soldiers struggling to raise the U.S. flag after the WWII battle on Iwo Jima, was a national hero.

However, Hayes did not want the fame. He also did not view himself as a hero. After the war, Hayes tried to go back to his home at the Gila River Indian Reservation in Sacaton, Arizona, but a normal life eluded him. Haunted by his war memories, Hayes became an alcoholic. Just after turning 32 years old, Hayes died from exposure and alcohol after getting into a scuffle with a friend during a poker game.

Unbeknownst to Hayes' family, artist Hortense Johnson created a plaster death mask of Hayes' face while his body was still at the funeral parlor. Although Johnson had intended to make a bust of the national war hero, she died before she could begin the project. The death mask then spent some time in a family's home and later was put on display at the Gilbert Ortega Museum Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. When Hayes' family became aware of the existence of the death mask, the owner of the gallery donated it to them.

Believing that Hayes' spirit could not rest until the death mask was properly buried, the family recently broke the death mask into pieces and buried it. For more about the amazing journey of the death mask, read this AZCentral.com article.