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The Clash of Titans: Montgomery, Patton, and the Battle for Command Chapter 1: The Calm Before the Storm It was March 23, 1945, a date…

January 3rd, 1944. I think I am 12,000 ft above Rabol Harbor, New Britain. Gregory Boon pulled his F4U Corsair into a steep dive below…

The morning of February 15th, 1943, above Guadal Canal’s humid skies, Lieutenant Sakai Saburo banked his Mitsubishi A6M0 through scattered clouds at 14,000 ft. He…

At 0600 on June 8th, 1944, Technical Sergeant Robert E. Orlowski crouched beneath the left wing of a B17G Flying Fortress at RAF Rattlesden, watching…

September 18th, 1943. Solomon Islands. The Marine pilot from Ohio watched the Japanese Zero pull into a vertical climb and knew he was dead. His…

At on the morning of November 29th, 1943, Staff Sergeant Eugene Moran knelt in the tail section of a B7 flying fortress named Ricky Tikitabi,…

At a.m. on April 7th, 1943, First Lieutenant James Sweat saw 150 Japanese aircraft approaching Guadal Canal. He was 22 years old with 197 flight…

January 15th, 1945. Eric Hartman, the Luftvafa’s greatest fighter pilot with 352 confirmed aerial victories, more than any pilot in human history, was returning to…

December 22nd, 1944, 1447 hours, 6 km south of Bastonia, General Major Hines Cockott stood in the turret of his command halftrack and raised his…