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We are devoted historians, dedicated to marketing a variety of historically related products and services that represent the epitome in their class worldwide. Our esteemed management team comprises university-trained professional historians with no less than twenty years of hands-on experience in their respective fields of expertise. This unique composition allows for superior breadth of subject matter, while any given singular area of study is assured the greatest depth of intensive and exhaustive research under the most demanding rigors of scholarship set forth and upheld by the company's founder. Whether selecting from our consulting services, vintage antiques or reproduction historical clothing and goods, the choice should come after comparison with other companies, as the integrity of our word becomes all the more marked when held in contrast. We are our own most harsh critic in all areas of performance, and pledge to our clientele that everything our name is associated with must conform to historical truths; few but the most thorough and resolute can hope to achieve and maintain such assuredness in commitment.

Our Perspective and Mission:
The first half of the twentieth century is one of the greatest and most significant epochs in history. No other span of time witnessed as much growth and change in every facet of existence as did these fifty years. Here is found the sum of all human endeavor and suffering from the beginning, culminating in a maelstrom of tremendous good and evil, all of it concentrated within the span of five decades - a mere speck on the time line of the universe. In 1900, the horse was still the primary mode of transportation and aerial flight but a dream, and yet in less than forty-five years, automobile travel was the new standard for most of the world, while jet-propelled flight and computer technology were suddenly reality. The two most bloody and horrid wars in history arose in the first half of this century, leaving us with the ability to obliterate life on earth in less time than it took to create it - a legacy that would permanently shape the future.

War is filled with paradox, perhaps the most striking example of which is man's ability to be at both his best and worst while performing the most savage of acts. Love and hate, the two most powerful and intriguing human emotions, are deeply entrenched in all war. Within the totality of large-scale combat of the most desperate form, we find more pronounced challenges to self-preservation than in any other undertaking. Survival is everything, and it requires quick and constant evolution and expansion in strategy, weaponry, medicine, and all other tools of warfare to outpace the enemy. Ironically, war then becomes the catalyst that is most responsible for more rapid growth and development on every level of existence than that which would naturally occur in times of peace. Drama, in its most compelling form, combines the very same elements of irony, human challenge and conflict, and love and hate that are found in war. Due to the sheer vastness of geography and magnitude of human involvement, these key dramatic components are present in WWII at levels never witnessed before nor likely to be seen again. Out of the unprecedented carnage that was WWII, more progress and achievement took place in science, technology, production methodology, medicine, and a myriad of human conveniences, than at any other moment in history. This war was the defining moment for America in the 20th century, and a watershed for pivotal world events and change. Therefore, this brief period known as the Second World War contains an unsurpassed library of human saga and drama, making what should rightly be the most identifiable and unforgettable moment in world history a virtually inexhaustible subject to any historian, writer, poet, artist, filmmaker or student.

Our liberal use of images of WWII, particularly those of aviation, the most romanticized of man's endeavors, stand as recognizable marks of this company for good reason. We perceive a gradual decline in the second half of the 20th century of all we treasure from that societal high-water mark America reached at mid-century; there is a fortitude, a sense of honor, and an innocence that seems forever lost after crossing this juncture. The goods and services we market are intended to embody and pay homage to these lost qualities of that era, consequently powerful and instantly identifiable images of WWII are synonymous with our focus. Glorification of war is not our intent; whatever glory there is goes to man's ability to survive and nobly overcome the worst, thus it is this that we choose to honor. It is with great respect and homage to the combat veterans of all wars throughout history, that we remain dedicated to the ongoing development and expansion of our unparalleled products and consulting services. Catch a last glimpse of the 20th century; stop by our site often, since you won't want to miss out on the many planned undertakings preserving history as it really was.