‘Very Long Range’ P-51 Mustang Missions to Japan Taxed Pilots
To support the B-29 Superfortress armada gathered on Guam, Saipan and Tinian – and to make their own, unique contribution …
World War II
Director Frank Capra Goes to War
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Marshall had been aware as early as July 1941 that most troops, having grown …
Flying and Fighting in the B-26 Marauder
“It was not the airplane I wanted to fly. I was horrified because of all the bad stories I had …
XP-59A Airacomet: The First American Jet Began As A Secret Program
When the Bell XP-59A Airacomet came on the scene during World War II it was shrouded in secrecy and surrounded …
Book Review – Mission to Tokyo: The American Airmen Who Took the War to the Heart of Japan
With Mission to Tokyo, Robert F. Dorr once again has created a multi-dimensional, multi-layered approach to telling a story of …
Expeditionary Warfare Comes of Age in World War II
The United States entered World War II 27 months after it began officially with Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in …
Army vs. Navy in Alaska
Alaska, with respect to American military operations, was caught in a complex crossfire of competing resources, muddled strategic goals, and …
Appendectomy on a Submarine
The fourth patrol of the USS Seadragon began unremarkably. The submarine left the west Australian port of Freemantle on Aug. …
Flying the P-47N Thunderbolt
“It was a beautiful specimen of the great Thunderbolt fighter, almost factory-fresh in the Pacific sunshine, resplendent with an all-yellow …
Women in America’s World War II Workforce
When the war began, American society largely regarded the proper role of women was that of homemaker and mother. The …