Book Review – Luck of a Lancaster
The title of this immensely readable book accurately and quite starkly describes the contents but hardly does justice to the …
World War II
Seventy Years Later, Relics of South Pacific Fighting Still Powerful
As an astronaut in Earth orbit I spent every spare moment I could scrutinizing the lovely face of our planet, …
Axis POWs in America
When Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki awoke on Waimanalo Beach on Oahu on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, the exhausted survivor …
Adm. Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham and His Appointment as First Sea Lord
When Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord, resigned for reasons of health shortly after the Quadrant …
German 88mm Artillery: PaK 43
The spectacular performance of the German 88mm Flak gun in the early part of World War II forced another round …
MacArthur For President
In his autobiography Reminiscences, Douglas MacArthur wrote of his relationship with President Franklin Roosevelt, “In my own case, whatever differences …
America’s Mustard Gas Experiments and World War II
Exposure to harmful chemicals has long been associated with modern warfare. During the last century, World War I was notable …
Operation Mincemeat: The Story Behind “The Man Who Never Was” in Operation Husky
On Sept. 29, 1939, British director of naval intelligence Adm. John Godfrey distributed to other intelligence chiefs the “Trout Memo.” …
Essex-class Carriers, F6F Hellcats, and Rear Adm. Charles Pownall
In August 1943, after 21 months of conducting a largely defensive war in the Pacific, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet …
Charles Wirt Was A Daring, Aggressive, and Fearless Leader
Charles Alvin “Charley” Wirt was one of the most daring and aggressive infantry officers of World War II. From August …