
March 9th, 1945, p.m. Lieutenant Nakamura Hiroshi pushed his Nakajima Key 84 fighter to maximum climb rate over Tokyo Bay. His radio crackled with urgent…

At on July 13th, 1944, Sergeant Curtis Cullen stood beside a burning Sherman tank in a Normandy field 3 miles southeast of Carantan, watching smoke…

At 0820 on June 14th, 1944, Lieutenant Edward Fightner climbed into the cockpit of his F6F Hellcat on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill,…

At 0820 on June 14th, 1944, Lieutenant Edward Fightner climbed into the cockpit of his F6F Hellcat on the flight deck of USS Bunker Hill,…

Somewhere over occupied France, a teenage pilot yanks the wrong lever in a screaming dive. His thunderbolt flips inverted. Enemy fighters peel away in confusion.…

At a.m. on May 8th, 1942, Lieutenant Junior Grade Stanley Vatasa strapped into his Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber on the flight deck of USS…

July 25th, 1944. Normandy. The air is thick, humid, and deceptively quiet. To the naked eye, the hedros west of St. Low look like nothing…

At 0530 on December 16th, 1944, First Lieutenant Lyall Bu crouched in a frozen foxhole on Lanzeroth Ridge, watching a column of 500 German paratroopers…

At a.m. on July 14th, 1944, First Lieutenant Evald Swanson sat in the cockpit of a B17G flying fortress nicknamed Mispa, watching black clouds of…

At 1420 on November 2nd, 1944, First Lieutenant Bruce Carr felt his P-51D Mustang shudder as German anti-aircraft fire ripped through the engine over Czechoslovakia,…





