Expert Called His 75mm cannon “Flying Coffin” — Until It Changed The Pacific War-ZZ
February 1942, humid morning over the Solomon Sea. A flight of B17 flying fortresses opened their bomb bay doors at 20,000 ft. Below them, Japanese…
Read moreThey Mocked His “Toy” Rifle — Then He Killed a General at 800 Yards.-ZZ
France, August 1944. Sergeant Henry Hawk Lawson lay motionless in a bombedout church bell tower, his eye pressed against a scope that didn’t belong there….
Read moreGenerals Called His “Oil Filter” Silencer Stupid — Until He Took a German Bridge Alone-ZZ
France. August 1944. Sergeant William M. Mallister lay in the mud 50 yards from a German checkpoint watching seven enemy soldiers guard a bridge he…
Read moreGenerals Called It “Useless” — Then He Pointed It at 3,000 Charging Soldiers-ZZ
Corporal James Jimmy Castellaniano sat in the open gunner seat of his M45 quadmount, watching the jungle treeine 40 yards ahead. He could hear them…
Read moreCommand Called It “Dead Weight”—Then It Fired 2,000 RPM at a Bunker-ZZ
The mud was waste deep in some places. Private first class Danny Whitmore pressed his face into the rotting vegetation and tried to become invisible….
Read moreThey Mocked “Ghost” Sniper’s Spot — Then He Stopped German Tanks for 6 Hours-ZZ
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…
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