My war was not one of combat heroism or being sent to far distant […]
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Marines Rack Up Kills in the Air
Marines racked up kills in the air as well as on the ground.
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Ancestry Ignored in the Luftwaffe
Helmut Wilberg was a Prussian officer and a gentleman. He radiated confidence, was built […]
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Riding a Wildcat into War
Jack Maas took to the skies with the ‘Cactus Air Force’ during some of the most desperate days of the Guadalcanal campaign. He went on to fight his way across the Pacific…and beyond.
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The Sad Fate of a Remarkable B-24
A B-24 nicknamed “Hot Stuff” completed 31 missions, and its crew prepared for a hero’s trip home. Fate had other ideas.
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Flying into a Firestorm: A Secret Mission Inside Laos
A helicopter gunner got a bird’s-eye view of the top-secret Operation Tailwind in Laos, but it almost cost him his life—three times in four days.
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Armament: France’s ‘Fleet in Being’
Like the United States and Great Britain, France was an early proponent of naval […]
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Nazi-Hating Sergeant Served Both the US and Soviet Army
Nazi-hating Sergeant Joe Beyrle served in both the U.S. Army and Soviet Red Army during World War II
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Fire in the Skies, Ceasefire on the Ground
On August 15, 1945, U.S. Navy aviators fought right to the limit.
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Knight of the Air: Oswald Boelcke
Only among the aviators of the fighting armies is one certain to find that chivalry which once was never dissociated from war. Theirs is the special heritage of preserving the knightly tradition.