Book Review – The Battle of the Bulge
Seventy years ago this month, what we Americans refer to as the Battle of the Bulge began. If you are …
World War II
Pearl Harbor: The Attack
The storm of iron and explosives that broke over Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was one of the finest …
M2 .50-caliber “Ma Deuce” is Still Going Strong in Her 90s
The M2 machine gun is “an incredible story of longevity,” said retired U.S. Coast Guard Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Maurice …
Inland’s New Clone of the M1911A1 Is a Blast from the Past
John Browning’s M1911 .45ACP is perhaps the iconic automatic pistol of all time, having faithfully and reliably served the United …
Slugging It Out In Tarawa Lagoon
In Operation Galvanic on Nov. 20, 1943, almost ten thousand Marines journeyed to the Gilbert chain of the central Pacific …
The Court-martial of Jackie Robinson
On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 15, 1947, at Ebbets Field before a crowd of 26,623 spectators that included 14,000 …
Warren Spahn, Hall of Fame Pitcher, Was Seasoned by World War II
Like fellow Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams, pitcher Warren Spahn had his career interrupted by World War II. Unlike …
Moe Berg Batted .243 for the White Sox and 1.000 for America
Among the many colorful characters who became spies during World War II, no one was more unusual than Morris “Moe” …
From Davits to Docks: The Evolution of U.S. Navy Amphibious Ships
USS Arlington (LPD 24) is the culmination of a century of attempts to answer one question: how do you move …
World War II German Helicopters – Doblhoff WNF 342
In 1941, Friedrich von Doblhoff (1916-2000) a junior engineer at Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke (Vienna-Neustadt Aircraft Factory, which assembled Bf 109 …