Late December 1944, the snowy Belgian village of Marare is completely encircled by German forces. Trapped inside, an American armored…
The spring of 1945, Camp Ko, Mississippi, a hut in a prisoner of war compound in the Delta Cotton Country…
The morning of June 6th, 1944, a massive Allied armada crashes into the beaches of Normandy, tearing open the Western…
In February of 1,943, American soldiers pushed west through the jungle on an island in the South Pacific, expecting one…
Somewhere in Arlington National Cemetery, past rows of white stone stretching farther than the eye wants to follow, there is…
Static crackles through the headset, then cuts to crystal clarity. Henderson Fields radio operator sounds almost bored. Condition read. 24…
A man in a desert-weight tunic comes down a gangway and stops at the bottom of it. Not because of…
December the 14th, 1941. A brigadier general steps off a train in Washington, still carrying the dust of a two-day…
In 1968, a hardware store in Michigan sold a hunting knife for $4. Today, if it’s the right one, that…
At the end of World War II, the Allies had a big decision on their hands. What would they do…