In late 1944 U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Martin James Monti stole a reconnaissance […]
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Have You Heard?: The Secret Mission to Kill Yamamoto
The greatest threat to America’s key strategic advantage in the Pacific was Americans themselves
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Book Review: The Fleet at Flood Tide by James D. Hornfischer
In June 1944, on the eve of the invasion of Saipan, Admiral Chester W. […]
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Mexico’s Lindbergh: Emilio Carranza
If you’re not looking for it, you might drive right past it. Some people […]
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Conversation with Bob Balkam
Bob Balkam’s job as an army air traffic controller took him from Omaha Beach to Belgium to Germany
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Battered Beyond Belief: The USS Laffey
At Okinawa, the USS Laffey absorbed an epic amount of suicidal punishment. On Friday, […]
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Blow Out at Poltava
A plan to encircle Berlin sent American bombers into a Luftwaffe ambush in Ukraine. […]
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Blasted into the Shadows: Conversation with Gene Eric Salecker
Pearl Harbor, mid-May 1944: American forces are preparing to invade Saipan, an assault scheduled […]
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Death of an Escort Carrier
For the handful of seamen who survived, the sinking of USS Liscome Bay was […]
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Commands- Bluie West One Airfield
DESIGNATION: Bluie West One Airfield OPERATIONAL: January 1942 CAMPAIGN: Atlantic ON JUNE 19, 1941, […]