When This B-29 Destroyed 14 Japanese Fighters — Two Had Already Rammed It-ZZ
At 11:42 on the morning of January 27th, 1945, Staff Sergeant Robert Chen crouched behind the central fire control station of B29 Superfortress Aquar 52,…
Read moreWhen Only One B-17 Came Home-ZZ
It’s a cold chilly morning on October the 10th, 1943. Pilot Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal arrives at today’s briefing, joining 60 other pilots and navigators from…
Read moreLuftwaffe Hauptmann Vanished at Kursk — 81 Years Later Sealed Hangar Found in Argentine Jungle-ZZ
In the spring of 2024, a forestry survey team contracted by the Argentine Ministry of Environment to conduct a LAR assisted canopy assessment in the…
Read more“I Don’t Cook for Enemies” — German POW Froze When He Saw the American Kitchen.-ZZ
He had been a cook for 12 years before the army took him. Not a military cook, a real one, a restaurant in Hamburg, the…
Read moreThree Generals Were Shot at His Side. MacArthur Was 300 Miles Away.-ZZ
On the afternoon of November 30th, 1942, Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger arrived at Port Moresby, New Guinea. He did not know why. MacArthur’s headquarters was…
Read moreHe Refused to Obey… Patton Gave Him 10 Seconds-ZZ
April 12th, 1945, near Eisenh, Germany, a cold, biting spring rain swept relentlessly across the churned up fields surrounding a hastily constructed prisoner of war…
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