Bloody Brawl on Guadalcanal

•November 11, 2017 • Be the First to Comment

The Japanese believed they could retake Henderson Field on Guadalcanal from the U.S. Marines in August 1942. Events would prove otherwise. More »

Action off Santa Cruz: Last Stand of the USS Hornet

•August 18, 2016 • 1 Comment

A tactical Japanese naval victory off Santa Cruz actually hastened the defeat of the empire. More »

Seventy years later, should the “Desert Fox” be considered an anti-Nazi hero or a faithful soldier turned opportunist?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the bullet-proofed yacht the USS Potomac on two of the greatest diplomatic missions of WWII.

The Soviet Air Force’s Ilyushin Il-2 “Storm Bird” took a heavy toll in German armor on the Eastern Front.

The author, a rifleman in “Love” Company, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division, recalls brutal winter combat on the French-German border.