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Keeping World War II Alive
Dear Editor,
This magazine is amazing! One of the best out there, and by far the most interesting.
I’ve had a fascination with World War II for years. Read more
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Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, helped the town of Vimoutiers, France, to rebuild.
Author Margaret Mitchell is remembered as one of the “first” citizens of Atlanta. Gone With the Wind, her novel of the Old South and the perseverance of heroine Scarlett O’Hara, stands as a literary classic which spawned one of the most famous motion pictures of all time. Read more
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Could poison darts have helped the Allies win?
During the darkest days of World War II, the British War Office considered any and every option to combat the burgeoning Nazi menace on the continent of Europe. Read more
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Heroic Merchant Mariners finally receive compensation over 60 years after their service to their country.
From the frozen reaches of the Arctic Circle to the swelter of the Pacific, the men of the U.S Merchant Marine delivered 95 percent of the planes, tanks, artillery pieces, and troops who fought the Axis during World War II. Read more
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Pétain: Savior of France
Dear Editor:
Regarding your July 2009 issue about Marshal Philippe Pétain: Most of us subconsciously view the French through British eyes, and the results are often unbalanced even when the facts are accurate. Read more
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OSS Uncovered
Like any spy network worth its salt, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the U.S. World War II intelligence-gathering agency authorized by President Franklin D. Read more
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“How Dare WE!”
Dear Editor:
I was offended and angered as I read the rhetoric of Kevin M. Hymel’s article entitled “They Also Served” in the May 2009 issue. Read more
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The Battle of Surigao Strait
Dear Editor:
In the December 2008 issue, Mr. David Johnson does a very good job of retelling the story of the only time American battleships engaged and sank their opposite numbers from Japan. Read more
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Prisoner of War
By Robert F. DorrHe enlisted in 1934. Except for those at Pearl Harbor, he was the first American casualty of the war. Read more
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Pearl Harbor Revenge
Dear Editor:
David Alan Johnson’s article, “Pearl Harbor Revenge” (December 2008 issue) was interesting to read, as most books and articles on the Battle of Leyte Gulf focus primarily on Taffy 3’s escort carriers, destroyers, and destroyer escorts trying to hold off Admiral Kurita’s Center Force. Read more
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The remains of three USS Oklahoma sailors have been indentified.
When the United States was plunged into World War II at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the largest loss of life occurred with the catastrophic explosion aboard the battleship USS Arizona. Read more
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Wounded in ’44
Dear Editor:
In your October/November 2008 issue, Glenn Barnett’s article “Caring for the Casualties” was of particular interest to me. I was wounded on September 10, 1944, flown back to England from the 100th Evacuation Hospital outside of Brest, France, on September 18, arriving at the Army’s 121st General Hospital in the evening. Read more
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Rolls-Royce Merlins
Dear Editor:
In “Secret Agent Man,” Peter Kross describes the outstanding British Mosquito plane as being “made of wood, which gave it tremendous speed and maneuverability.” Read more
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A rare death photo of Ernie Pyle surfaces after years in obscurity.
In February of this year, decades after his death on the Pacific island of Ie Shima in 1945, a photo of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle surfaced. Read more
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Anne Frank’s chestnut tree is threatened by disease and the axe.
More than 60 years after her death, Anne Frank, the young girl who was a virtual prisoner in the famous “annex” as she, her family, and others hid from the Nazi Jew hunters in Amsterdam, remains an icon of optimism and belief in the triumph of the human spirit. Read more
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More on Patton’s Dyslexia
Dear Editor,
Please allow me to express my displeasure concerning the article in the January 2008 issue, “A Life Shaped by Dyslexia” by Jeansonne et al. Read more
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The death of Paul Tibbets truly signifies the end of an era.
When Colonel Paul Tibbets and his crew departed their base on the island of Tinian in the Marianas on the morning of August 6, 1945, their Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber carried with it a weapon that would change the world. Read more
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Breaking New Ground
Dear Sir,
I have not subscribed to your magazine so far, and the reason is simple: heading down to the local magazine racks on a weekend to find out what is in store in the forthcoming issue, and being pleasantly surprised with my new find, is not a pleasure I want to deny myself. Read more
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Red Air Force Pe-2
Dear Editor:
I read with interest George Tipton Wilson’s article “Red Air Force Heroines” in the September issue of WWII History. Read more
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Sergeant Martin Troy’s remains are recovered 63 years after his death.
Thousands of military personnel killed in action during World War II rest in unmarked graves, high on mountaintops, beneath the ocean amid the wreckage of sunken ships, in remote jungles and arid deserts. Read more
