Tag: World War II

“I kept telling myself that hundreds of boys must have died in that sea, but something was feeling eerie.”

When one talks about Memorial Day, it is important to know what it means and most importantly whom it is honoring.

Through the summer and fall of 1943, the 29th Ranger Battalion earned the respect of the British Commandos.

The Battle of the Coral Sea proved that the Japanese juggernaut could be stopped. And nothing was the same afterwards.

Being a top model, a Countess, and an OSS/CIA agent might sound fantastical. But that was just the average day in the life of Aline Griffith.

For years even her family didn’t know of Phyllis Latour’s past until her son stumbled across the information.

Eager to show the Airborne Test Platoon veterans that airborne training was still tough, the “Black Hats” smoked us like cheap cigars.

“You’re not going anywhere down there at Remagen. You’ve got a bridge, but it’s in the wrong place. It just doesn’t fit in with the plan.”

Patton is a military legend. But as a commander, his brisk tactics and brusque temperament often put him at odds with peers and superiors.

John Basilone is a legend. His actions during the fighting on Guadalcanal in October, 1942, resulted in him being awarded the Medal of Honor.

Historians estimate that the February 13, 1945 Allied bombing of Dresden and resulting firestorm killed some 25,000 people.

Knight went out to recon and found three Japanese pillboxes. One by one, he moved on them and took them all out using hand grenades.