“If nobody comes back…the results will be worth the cost! Brigadier General Uzal Ent In the Pacific, American airmen had…
What do you do with an unrestrained hero? Reprimand him, or Give Him a Medal? “I was told by ‘Chesty’…
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…
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…