
Here’s something you learn in war. Mercy doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t come with fanfare or explanation. And sometimes it arrives from the last person…

Berlin, 1948. A 7-year-old girl named Mercedes Simon sits down to write a letter. The city around her lies in ruins. 2 million people face…

December 1943, a German fighter pilot spared a crippled American bomber over Germany. 10 men survived because of that choice. Then both pilots went home…

March 24th, 1945, 22,000 ft above the German countryside near Castle, Oberloidant France Stigler sat in the cockpit of his Messer Schmidt BF-1, staring at…

April 25th, 1945, just outside Munich, Germany. The morning air was thick with gunpowder, smoke, and the uneasy stillness of a war nearing its end.…

The bus rolled through the gates just before dawn. Inside, 23 German Red Cross nurses sat in absolute silence, their hands folded tightly in their…

The bus rolled through the gates just before dawn. Inside, 23 German Red Cross nurses sat in absolute silence, their hands folded tightly in their…

December 20th, 1943. The skies over Bremen, Germany. Second Lieutenant Charles Chuck Joerger banks his P-51 Mustang hard left as tracer rounds slice through the…

For privacy reasons, names and places have been changed. This story is inspired by true events. On the evening of May 12th, 2015, 16-year-old Sloan…

For privacy reasons, names and places have been changed. This story is inspired by true events. On a warm Los Angeles evening, 26-year-old Amaraqincaid left…





