Some Mission to Tokyo Crewmembers Are Forever Young
Nowadays, we think of the Americans who fought World War II when we see aging veterans on a tour of …
Military History
Special Mission V-2
In the spring of 1945, Nazi Germany was in its death throes. While advancing combat troops sought destruction …
BT1 Andrew Gallagher Risked His Life to Save Others Aboard USS Belknap
Andrew Gallagher works for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s Mid-Atlantic Region in Norfolk, where he is responsible for “thermal …
Book Review – The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
Operation Gunnerside has been the subject of several books and at least one movie, but still remains relatively …
Reliving an English Schoolgirl’s World War II Memories
My family is from Gidea Park, located in the east London district of the Borough of Havering, England. …
Book Review – Storming the City
Alec Wahlman’s Storming the City: U.S. Military Performance in Urban Warfare from World War II to Vietnam should be …
Book Review – Aircraft Carriers: The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Important Warships
Michael E. Haskew’s Aircraft Carriers: The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Important Warships is a concise, …
Book Review – Shot Down
There is no particular shortage of books about World War II veterans written by their children. There is, however, a …
Edna St. Vincent Millay Paid a Price for Patriotism
On June 14, 1940, German troops entered Paris. That same day, on the other side of the Atlantic …
Coast Guard Outlook 2015-2016 Digital Edition
Now in its 13th year, Coast Guard Outlook is a “state-of-the-service” report delivered with high-quality imagery …