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The Germans found the first body at 647 hours. Feldwebble Conrad Miller was standing in the commander’s hatch of the lead Panzer 4, scanning the…

Private Thomas Riley was going to die in a doorway. He knew this with absolute certainty. The German sniper in the building across the street…

The Japanese bunker had been killing Americans for 3 days. 17 men were dead. 23 more were wounded. The position was a masterpiece of defensive…

The trees were exploding, not at ground level, where a man might find cover behind a fallen log or a crater rim. They were exploding…

The ground was shaking. Private first class Eddie Nakamura pressed his face against the volcanic soil and felt the vibration in his teeth. It wasn’t…

This is the home of the Dogon, an ethnic group indigenous to eastern Mali. Steep cliffs dominate the landscape. Villages were carved out of the…

Verdun. 1916. The longest battle of the First World War. And one of the most bloody. 300,000 dead. 400,000 wounded. These days this massacre over…

Texas, July 1945. The medical examination room at Camp Swift smelled of disinfectant and summer heat. The afternoon sun pressing through screened windows. Captain David…

Louisiana, June 1945. The hospital ward smelled of antiseptic and pine soap, sunlight streaming through tall windows onto rows of metal beds. Dr. Robert Hayes…