Hero to the End: Airman William “Ed” Dyess on the Philippines
•July 17, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Air Corps officer Ed Dyess fought the Japanese in the Philippines, escaped from a POW camp, and gave his life to save those of others. More »
•July 17, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Air Corps officer Ed Dyess fought the Japanese in the Philippines, escaped from a POW camp, and gave his life to save those of others. More »
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What was the role of acclaimed author John Steinbeck in World War II? For starters, participating and noting the horrors of the Salerno invasion. More »
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The B-17 Flying Fortress vs. the B-24 Liberator—veterans of air campaigns in Europe and the Pacific have long debated the merits of these aircraft. More »
•June 26, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
The size of the U.S. military exploded in World War II, as army numbers alone soared from 174,000 to over 11 million. More »
•June 23, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Just how big was Operation Overlord? History on the Net gives the jaw-dropping raw numbers. More »
•May 17, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
In World War II, Walter Cronkite, the dean of television news anchors, told it as it was. More »
•April 17, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
The Marines found little use for their air arm in 1944, the Army gladly accepted their help for the invasion of Leyte. More »
•March 17, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
P-38 pilot Roger Ames, an American eyewitness, tells of the shooting down of Japan’s most important admiral. More »
•March 8, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
The Eighth Air Force’s unescorted daylight precision bombing campaign was a mixed bag of failure and success. More »
•February 27, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
The world’s first female military pilots—American and Soviet—helped win the war. More »
