
March 6th, 1944, 28,000 ft above Brandenburgg, Germany, the oxygen mask froze against Major Hans Kogler’s face as he scanned the crystalline sky through his…
We flew over Hitler’s capital today. Think about that. We took off from England, flew across all of Germany, circled Berlin like we owned it,…

March 23rd, 1945, 2100 hours. Western bank of the Rine River near Vessel, Germany. The binoculars shook imperceptibly as Oust Wilhelm Steinberg scanned the darkening…
You brought swimming trucks to a river battle. We brought anti-tank guns to stop swimming trucks. The moment I saw those vehicles driving out of…

January 31, 1945. Clark Air Base, Luzon, Philippines. Major Frank T. McCoyy’s hands trembled slightly as he photographed the aircraft before him, an intact Mitsubishi…

November 12th, 1942, Richmond, California. A complete cargo vessel 441 ft long and weighing 28,490,000 stood ready to slide into San Francisco Bay through the…

March 17th, 1943. Turpit Sufa 76 to78 Berlin. The folder slammed onto the mahogany desk with such force that coffee splashed from Admiral Wilhelm Canaris’…

December 16th, 1944. Early morning, Mona, Germany. The frozen earth trembled as another salvo of American artillery screamed overhead. But something was different this morning.…

August 19th, 1942, dense jungle near Tyvu Point, Guadal Canal. Second left tenant Genjiro Imi of the 8th Independent Anti-tank Gun Company recorded observations in…

February 23, 1945. Mount Suribachi, Ewoima. Private First Class Tadashi Yamamoto crouched in a concrete bunker, hands trembling as he wrote words that would have…

