Book Reviews

In action on the banks of the Arno River on September 1, 1944, the crew of a 105mm howitzer of Battery B, 598th Field Artillery, services its weapon. The 598th was a component of the 92nd Infantry Division.

Book Reviews

Pauline Peretz’ ‘A Black Army’

By Kevin Seabrooke

Unlike other African-American military units such as the Tuske-gee Airmen, or even the 10th Cavalry Regiment “Buffalo Soldiers” who occupied Fort Huachuca before them, the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions—the only two black units of divisional size in World War II—have received much less coverage in popular media over the past 80 years. Read more

After the German garrison on the island of Cezembre has surrendered, soldiers of the U.S. 83rd Infantry Division raise the American flag in triumph. The island is located near the French city of St. Malo, where troops of the 83rd Division were also engaged.

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David Nasaw’s ‘The Wounded Generation’

By Kevin Seabrooke

A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Nasaw takes an unvarnished look at the real America in the years after World War II—after the parades and celebrations—and how it affected those who fought and their families and how it changed our nation. Read more

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Rev. Robert J. Miller’s ‘Faith of the Fathers’

By Kevin Seabrooke

Those who served the Protestant spiritual needs of the fighting men of the Civil War, in both official unofficial capacites, faced numerous barriers, shortages and hardships—though they did receive a captain’s salary and horse, they were not identified as such by the government, nor were they provided with uniforms, rations or forage for the horse. Read more

Mussolini accompanies his Nazi benefactor Adolf Hitler during a summit meeting. Hitler came to Mussolini’s aid on more than one occasion during the war years.

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Suzanne Cope’s ‘Women of War’

By Kevin Seabrooke

The author brings to life the efforts of four women in different parts of Italy, who each in their own way found it within themselves to resist both Italian fascists and Nazi invaders. Read more

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William H. Chickering’s ‘A War of Their Own’

By Kevin Seabrooke

Details the efforts of the resistance movement of the United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (FULRO), whose objective was autonomy for various indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities in South Vietnam, including the Montagnards in the Central Highlands, the Chams in Central Vietnam, and the Khmer Krom in Southern Vietnam. Read more

USS Intrepid, photographed by Richard Shipman from the rear seat of a Helldiver SB2C while taking off to attack the Japanese fleet. Intrepid and USS Cabot launched the first planes against the Japanese at 10:26 am.

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Montel Williams’ ‘The Sailing of the Intrepid’

By Kevin Seabrooke

Nearly 40 years before she was towed to New York City’s Pier 86 to become a permanent part of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in June 1982, the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) was launched from the shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. Read more

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Mark Stille’s ‘Leyte Gulf’

By Christopher Miskimon

History often remarks on the attack on the Japanese battleship Yamato, but her sister ship, the Musashi, suffered a similar fate at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Read more

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