“Lucky” Luciano and Operation Underworld: By 1942, Charles “Lucky” Luciano had been behind bars more than six years. Prison was far from the high society life he had enjoyed as the head of organized crime. In New […]
The 6888th delivers: On February 14th , 1945, the troopship SS Ile de France arrived in Glasgow carrying the first contingent of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only black Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit to be […]
MacArthur’s escape from the Philippines: At 7:45 PM on March 11, 1942, a small torpedo boat, PT-41 departed from Corregidor. Under the cover of darkness, it rendezvoused with three other PT boats then carefully sailed through a minefield while heading south […]
Yosselle Greenstein, The Mighty Atom: In New York in 1939, members of the pro-Nazi German-American Bund were enraged to see a five-foot four, 140 pound man tearing up the sign on their headquarters which read “No […]
Louisiana Maneuvers, Mistakes to be Made: Written by Jonathan Abbott In two years Nazi Germany had occupied Poland, Holland, Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg, France and Belgium, Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Greece. The Axis Powers were pushing […]
JOSEPH VAN DER HAEGHEN THE PERFECT B-17 PILOT
THE DEMISE OF “PHOTO JOE” BY THE 51ST FIGHTER GROUP
NUDGE IN REAR CAME TO SOON, SO MITCHELL GUNNER BOMBED WRONG TARGET IN CHINA
THE LITTLE GIRL – A SOLDIER STORY FROM YANK MAGAZINE
Ernie Pyle Comes Home From the Wars-From Stars and Stripes
Fred Rochlin, B-24 navigator who became a master storyteller
RIVIERA BEACHHEAD – Eye Witness to the Invasion of Southern France
TWO RIFLEMEN FROM THE 84TH INFANTRY DIVISION HAVE A CHANGE OF PLANS
BRIGADIER THE LORD LOVAT: D-DAY COMMANDO HERO
Rene Dussaq: OSS Agent, Resistance Leader, Man of Legend
