WWII Quarterly

Summer 2019

Volume 10, No. 4

COVER: General Douglas MacArthur and staff wade ashore on the Philippine island of Leyte early in the afternoon of October 20, 1944.
Photo: National Archives

Summer 2019

WWII Quarterly, Editorial

More World War II in the News

Hardly a month goes by that there isn’t something related to World War II in the news. Here’s a sampling of some recent news items—all from February 2019:

Identification Sought

On January 3, 1944, the destroyer USS Turner (DD-648) exploded under still mysterious circumstances near the entrance to New York Harbor. Read more

Mulberry Harbor

Summer 2019

WWII Quarterly

Winston Churchill’s Secret D-Day Weapon

By Alan Davidge

BACK STORY: The author has always had a soft spot for the story of the Mulberries. His mother, who was a skilled maker of wedding dresses in London, was conscripted to learn welding and sent to Jones’ Cranes, at Letchworth, just north of the capital city. Read more

Summer 2019

WWII Quarterly

The Heroic Voyages of the USS Gwin

By Michael Fellows

Lieutenant Commander John Benjamin Fellows, the skipper of the American Gleaves-class destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433), stood on the bridge trying to see into the predawn blackness. Read more