
At 2:30 p.m. on February 20th, 1945, Private Jack Lucas crouched in a trench on Ewima, watching 11 Japanese soldiers in a parallel trench 20…

At 11:03 a.m. on September 19th, 1944, Staff Sergeant Frank Thompson crouched inside the turret of an M4 Sherman tank near Araort, France, watching his…

At 7:32 a.m. on February 10th, 1942, Lieutenant Commander John Thatch watched six Japanese zeros diving toward his four Wildcats over Wake Island, knowing his…

It’s 2:47 in the morning on the 18th of September, 1943. And somewhere along the railway line between Leon and Djon, a freight locomotive pulling…

Normandy, France. June 6th, 1944. The beach designated sword is a killing ground. German machine gun positions, concrete pill boxes, and reinforced bunkers command every…

At 2300 hours on December 11th, 1944, Corporal James McKenzie crouched behind a shattered concrete wall on the Ormock waterfront, watching three dark shapes move…

“Bob” Hoover February 1944. A stonewalled interrogation room somewhere in Germany. The American pilot sits on a wooden chair. His flight suit is torn. His…

April 1943, Davao Penal Colony, Mindanao. The Japanese guards had counted him every morning for 11 months. They knew his face, his number, his slow,…

There are moments in war when the balance doesn’t shift because of a fleet or an army, but because of a single idea. In the…

Camp forest Tennessee March 15th, 1945 Anna Fisher stood outside interrogation room 3 clipboard in hand mentally preparing herself for another routine session she was…





