
June the 6th, 1944. Omaha Beach, hours. The channel was gray and cold, churning with a wind that had nearly postponed the invasion. Oberg writer…

At a.m. on January 27th, 1945, an American bomber was already dead on paper. Not damaged, not endangered, dead. The phrase used by United States…

The morning of July 2008, 1944 dawns over Serum Island in the Dutch East Indies under a pale, almost indifferent sky. Somewhere far below the…

September 16th, 1943. Tookina airfield, Buganville, Solomon Islands. Captain James Jimmy Sweat watches his wingman die. The F4U Corsair spirals into the jungle, trailing black…

The morning sky over Tokyo burns crimson on April 7th, 1945. Captain Masau Swinyaga adjusts his leather flight gloves inside the cramped cockpit of his…

The periscope breaks the surface just long enough for one sweep. Commander Samuel De grips the handles tighter, his knuckles white. It’s June 6th, 1944,…

March 6th, 1944. A single P-51 Mustang screams across the German sky at 400 mph. 14 Luftvafa fighters close from every angle. The pilot is…

p.m. October 14, 1943. 26,000 ft over Germany. 60B7 bombers fell from the sky in 4 hours. 600 American died or captured in single afternoon.…

Eight German fighters diving from 20,000 ft. A lone B7 flying fortress trailing smoke from the number three engine. Hydraulic fluid spraying a fine mist…

November 1943. Over the Solomon Islands, the sky is empty and blue and full of death. A lone Grumman F6F Hellcat limps through thin air…





