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At 06.47 on June 6th, 1944, Commander Samuel Dei stood in the cramped conning tower of USS Harter, watching three Japanese destroyers cut through the…

At 7:32 a.m. on February 10th, 1942, Lieutenant Commander John Thatch watched six Japanese zeros diving toward his four Wildcats over Wake Island, knowing his…

At 07:30 on September 18th, 1944, Private First Class Arthur Jackson pressed his body against a coral outcrop on Peloo Island, watching Japanese machine gun…

At 07:30 on September 18th, 1944, Private First Class Arthur Jackson pressed his body against a coral outcrop on Peloo Island, watching Japanese machine gun…

At 4:45 in the morning on July 7th, 1944, Private Thomas Baker lay in his foxhole on the Tanipag plane of Saipan, watching a wave…

At 07:30 on October 24th, 1944, Technical Sergeant Charles Culage crouched in the Voj forest east of Belmalt Sur Bhuton, watching cold rain drip from…

March 6th, 1944, 23,000 ft over Germany, a B7 flying fortress named Hell’s Fury flew deep in enemy airspace. In the tail gun position, Staff…

August 1945, the Pacific War had ended with a sudden silence broken only by the thunderous echo of two bombs whose shadows still lingered in…

October 23rd, 1942. Elammagne, Egypt. The desert night erupts in fire. 1,000 British artillery pieces unleash the greatest barrage since the First World War. Their…