Winter 2019
WWII Quarterly, Editorial
Learning History from the History Makers
It has often been said that kids today have no interest in, or knowledge of, history. While there may be some truth in that, it is not a universal truth. Read more
WWII Quarterly
Winter 2019
Volume 10, No. 2
COVER: Troopers from the 101st Airborne Division aboard their transport plane wait for the word to “Stand up and hook up,” on June 5, 1944.
Photo: National Archives
Winter 2019
WWII Quarterly
Recording the Pearl Harbor Attack
Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California was established by the U.S. Army in 1914 as a Coast Artillery installation to defend the harbors of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Read more
Winter 2019
WWII Quarterly
101st Airborne Medic recalls Op. Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge
By Kevin M. Hymel“You’re crazy to go out there!” a paratrooper shouted to medic Al Mampre as he bolted from a trench outside of the Dutch town of Eindhoven. Read more
Winter 2019
WWII Quarterly
Ploesti Raid: A Tragic Tidal Wave
By Mark CarlsonHistory is almost never “chiseled into stone.” The fog of time can be blown away when new information emerges. Read more
Winter 2019
WWII Quarterly
Panzer Lehr Division’s Assault on Bastogne
By Arnold BlumbergOn December 10, 1944, Generalleutnant (equivalent to major general in the U.S. Army during World War II) Fritz Bayerlein was called to a meeting at Kyllburg (Eifel) to participate in a map exercise involving an advance to the Meuse River. Read more
Winter 2019
WWII Quarterly
Veterans Remember the Disaster at Dunkirk
By Mason B. WebbBACKSTORY: After Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Britain and France declared war on Hitler’s regime. Read more
Winter 2019
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German Bombing of Bath
By Tim MillerOn Monday evening, April 27, 1942, Kathleen Stainer and her family readied themselves for sleep in the English countryside. Read more
Winter 2019
WWII Quarterly
Marine Fight for Tinian
By Richard Camp (Colonel, USMC, ret.)The island of Tinian is located in the Northern Marianas, three miles southwest of Saipan, 100 miles north of Guam, and 1,500 miles from mainland Japan. Read more
Winter 2019
WWII Quarterly
The Few, the Proud, the Black Marines in World War II
By Stephen D. LutzPrior to the summer of 1941, the United States Marine Corps did not want them. The Navy barely tolerated them in restricted capacities as cooks, waiters, servants for officers, and dockside stevedores. Read more
Winter 2019
WWII Quarterly
Eleanor Roosevelt and Admiral Halsey
By John WukovitsPrim, proper, and lacking any trace of braggadocio, the first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, preferred placid pastimes and exchanging letters with close friends. Read more
