
November 8th, 1942. 6:47 a.m. Somewhere over the Tunisian desert, a Meshmmit BF109 explodes. Not from a bullet, not from flack, from sheer disbelief. The…

They were told to close their eyes, that American soldiers would come for them in the night. That captivity meant unspeakable horrors, the kind whispered…

August 24, 1942. South Pacific. American Marines are stranded on Guadal Canal. Half rations, dwindling ammunition. No reinforcements coming. The Japanese are massing forces to…
The Kates were single engine carrier attack planes normally used for torpedo attacks against ships, but today they were carrying bombs for a land target.…
No fighter opposition, just clear sky and an undefended target below. The cruiser opened fire with everything it had. anti-aircraft guns pumping shells into the…

On December 19, 1944, the war in Western Europe was no longer a matter of clean arrows on orderly maps. It had become a frozen,…

June 26th, 1944. Helandia Air Base, Dutch New Guinea. The checkers game sat unfinished as Lieutenant Colonel Charles Macdonald looked up from the board. The…

August 15th, 1945. The day Japan’s emperor announced surrender crackled across radios in Tokyo, but in the bamboo framed huts of Luzon, in the shadows…

The freezing wind cut across the snowy fields of eastern Belgium on the morning of December 19th, 1944. Dawn had barely arrived, and the sky…

Her hands trembled as the American guard placed the tray in front of her. Yuki Tanaka stared at the food, a large portion of chicken,…

