Arthur W. Wermuth didn’t look like a U.S. Army officer. Sporting a mustache and Vandyke beard, the former football star…
In July 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor but with war seemingly imminent, President Roosevelt proactively requested a War Plan…
July 15, 1943, it was a highly unusual day for the men of the 8th Air Force’s 306th Bomb Group…
Lieutenant Colonel Leon Vance bit his lip and grimaced against the lingering pain as he recovered in an Air Force…
About 0200, in a silence so pervasive that men many yards apart could hear each other breathing, I began to…
The 19th Bombardment Group (Heavy) began arriving in the Philippines in October 1941 when the first squadron of B-17s was…
First Lieutenant Mark Mathis was the eleventh member of the crew of The Duchess when the B-17F departed Molesworth, England, to fly…
“Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but forgot to put a roof on it.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt The thousands…
Lieutenant Edward Stanley Michael awakened early and carefully limped his way to the bathroom of his hotel room in the…
From the moment the United States entered World War II, American war planners focused upon one primary strategic accomplishment–an amphibious…
Fourteen and fresh from boot camp, Jacklyn Lucas was bound for glory. One of the youngest Americans so far to…
It was late June 1943, and a lone American P-38 Lightning circled leisurely over Amberley Field near Townsville, Australia. In…
The story of Second Lieutenant David Richard Kingsley is largely forgotten, save for two surviving sisters in his home state…
Found: The Horatius at the Oschersleben Bridge Bombers Hail One-Man Air ForceBy Andrew A. RooneyStars & Stripes Staff Writer A…
In 1944, the world was engulfed in the flames of war as nations clashed in a struggle for supremacy. In…
Silvestre S. Herrera leaned forward in his chair, trying to comprehend with all his might what his father was telling…
In 1973 an Italian submarine named Enrique Tazzoli was sold for a paltry $100,000 as scrap metal. The submarine, given…
It has been said that “If you have one child you are a parent, two (or more) and you are…