September 2002
WWII History
William Nolan: Remembering the Bataan Death March
By John WukovitsStaff Sergeant William Nolan dared not raise his hopes this August day in 1945, but something unusual was unfolding. Read more
September 2002
Volume 1, No. 5
Cover: Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., in Sicily with his camera at the ready, took pictures of almost everything that crossed his path during World War II.
September 2002
WWII History
A Defiant Stand During the Battle at Bloody Ridge
By Al HemingwayScanning over the maps unfolded before him in the division operations room, Colonel Gerald C. Thomas, 1st Marine Division G-3 officer, turned and muttered: “They’re coming.” Read more
September 2002
WWII History
War As He Saw It
By Kevin M. HymelEverywhere General George S. Patton, Jr., went, from North Africa to Sicily to continental Europe, his camera swayed from his neck, ready to capture images that interested him. Read more
September 2002
WWII History
The Sinking of Scharnhorst
By Robert Barr SmithShe was a beautiful ship, long and sleek and very fast. She was christened Scharnhorst,named for Prussian General Gerhard Scharnhorst,one of the revered founders of the Prussian Army. Read more
September 2002
WWII History, Editorial
Guadalcanal was the first real taste of defeat for the land forces of Imperial Japan.
After nearly seven months of bitter fighting, the Japanese called it quits on Guadalcanal. Under cover of darkness during three nights in February 1943, slightly more than one-third of the 36,000 Japanese troops who had fought on this strategically important island in the Solomons chain were evacuated. Read more
September 2002
WWII History, Dispatches
Four Came Home
Dear Sirs:
Regarding the article on the Doolittle Raiders attack on Japan entitled “Pearl Harbor Payback” (July 2002), there are several corrections that should be noted. Read more
September 2002
WWII History, Ordnance
The Fieseler Storch Fi 156
by Blaine TaylorOn March 12, 1939, Heroes’ Memorial Day (or Veterans Day) in the Nazi Third Reich, the thousands of onlookers at the giant annual parade in Berlin were treated to an unusual sight as a small monoplane landed on the Unter den Linden between Hermann Göring’s State Opera House and the Neue Wache (New Guardshouse). Read more
September 2002
WWII History, Profiles
General Joseph “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell
By Kevin M. HymelGeneral Joseph Stilwell was one of the United States’ best military commanders, yet in the course of America’s involvement in World War II he never led U.S. Read more
September 2002
WWII History, Top Secret
The German American Bund: Confessions of a Nazi Spy
by Kathleen KarrCONFIDENTIAL TO LEADERS
It is a well-known fact, of course, that any movement needs something to dramatize it, to appeal to the public’s sense of sensationalism. Read more
September 2002
WWII History, Insight
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima: The Story of the Photo
By Chris McGowan
Atop 550-foot Suribachi Yama, the volcano at the southwest tip of Iwo Jima, Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment, 5th Division, hoist the Stars and Stripes, signaling the capture of this key position. Read more
September 2002
WWII History, Books
Tom Schachtman’s ‘Terrors and Marvels’
By Michael D. HullIt could have been a futuristic nightmare straight from the science fiction tales of H.G. Wells, with terror weapons raining death and destruction on an unsuspecting London. Read more
