VMF-113 Corsairs escort a B-25 assault on the Japanese coastal defense gun atop Jokaj Rock at Ponepeh. The Corsair, which the Japanese nicknamed “Whistling Death,” was easily distinguished from other aircraft due to its full wing configuration. (Jack Fellows Aviation Art, www.jackfellows.com. Opposite: Amber Books)

November 2007

Volume 6, No. 6

Cover: A U.S. soldier operates a flamethrower, a weapon first introduced in 1943 at Guadalcanal. It was invaluable against the Japanese bunkers encountered on the islands of the South Pacific. © Bettmann/CORBIS

November 2007

WWII History

Guadalcanal: Bloody Encounter at Hell’s Point

By Al Hemingway

On the humid morning of August 19, 1942, infantrymen from Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines carefully eyed the landscape for any signs of Japanese soldiers as they slowly made their way through the thick jungle on the island of Guadalcanal, located in the Solomon Islands. Read more

A group of Greek partisans searches for remiaining Nazis in a Greek town.

November 2007

WWII History

The Greek Civil War: World War II’s Epilogue in the Mediterranean

By Jon Latimer

As 1944 drew to a close, the British in Greece found themselves in a parlous situation. They had agreed to support the restoration of Greek civil authority while overseeing the distribution of aid and the re-creation of armed forces to ensure internal security, all while commitments elsewhere were straining them almost to the breaking point. Read more

VMF-113 Corsairs escort a B-25 assault on the Japanese coastal defense gun atop Jokaj Rock at Ponepeh. The Corsair, which the Japanese nicknamed “Whistling Death,” was easily distinguished from other aircraft due to its full wing configuration. (Jack Fellows Aviation Art, www.jackfellows.com. Opposite: Amber Books)

November 2007

WWII History

Splashing a Dinah

By Robert F. Dorr

When the Marines put Willis “Bud” Dworzak into the cockpit of a Vought F4U-1C Corsair fighter aircraft, they expected him to provide close air support to fellow leathernecks who were slugging it out on Okinawa. Read more

November 2007

WWII History, Dispatches

ATC versus CNAC at the Hump

Dear Editor:

The article in your July 2007 issue, “Over the Hump” by Sam McGowan was an ambitious undertaking as the statistics by the ATC (Air Transport Command), U.S. Read more

November 2007

WWII History, Books

Swashbucklers Of The China Skies

By Mason B. Webb

During the dark, early days of World War II, when the Imperial Japanese army, navy, and air force were running roughshod over Asia and the Pacific, it seemed that nothing could stop them. Read more