Lieutenant Colonel Robert Frederick and the Devil’s Brigade took Monte La Difensa, his trusty V-42 stiletto always at the ready.   More »

As a member of the 24th Infantry Division, Sergeant ‘Red’ Mantini battled the Japanese on five jungle islands.   More »

The ‘Big Red One’ and other allied forces fought German Panzer divisions at Mortain to stave off Operation Luttich in the summer of 1944.   More »

By Steve Ossad

Afew months after the Normandy campaign and with other fronts competing for the American public’s attention, Lt. Col. S.L.A. “Slam” Marshall, a hard-living Chicago newspaperman, World War I veteran, and deputy historian in the European Theater, hand carried the first of the War Departmemt campaign publications, Omaha Beachhead,to   More »

In a guerrilla war on Luzon, Americans and Filipinos fought Japanese occupiers in Philippines before the return of General MacArthur in World War II.   More »

Jim White survived the ill-fated attempted Rapido River crossing in Italy and endured 14 months as a prisoner of war.   More »

Legendary U.S. Marine Colonel Lewis ‘Chesty’ Puller proved himself on the world’s most difficult battlefields.   More »

On a Secret Mission of Great Importance to the War Effort, Andrew Rowan Carried a Message to Cuban General Calixto Garcia…   More »

The first civilian and woman to earn the Distinguished Service Cross, Virginia Hall proved to be one of the most important women in World War 2.   More »

By Steve Ossad
Hitler called it an “abscess.” British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the chief sponsor and loudest cheerleader for the endeavor, grudgingly proclaimed it “a disaster.” Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, commander of the U.S. Fifth Army, described it as a “strip of hell.” American GIs, their British brothers-in-arms, and their   More »