[IMG] Here is a book by Heimdal, about very non-Aryan troops in the Wehrmacht and SS.
As noted in Carrol Glines' book The Doolittle Raid, three AAF B-25s and crews were assigned in January 1942 to determine if the planes could take...
I had the honor and pleasure of being in Bedford for the dedication of its D-Day memorial on June 6, 2004. It was a well attended event, with...
I agree that Carell's Der Russlandkrieg presents the best overall balanced collection of Eastern Front photos in one book, as least from the...
Admiral Fluckey's book of his experiences Thunder Below ! is well recommended for the insight it provides into the command of a US sub in the...
Have you looked through the 101st unit history Rendezvous with Destiny by Leonard Rapport and Arthur Northwood, Jr. ? First published in 1948,...
Barrett Tillman's U.S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II has a brief squadron history of VBF-12. It was deployed on Randolph CV-15 from...
Just finished Max Hastings' Retribution. I was curious what he would write about the American-dominated Pacific war, and I think he did a...
While we're on the subject, there's another bit of famous footage that also appears in just about every D-Day documentary - it shows 5 soldiers...
The book by Michel de Trez referenced above is one of a two-volume photo-pictorial set covering the 82nd and 101st AB drops into Normandy. Each...
The trooper at the far right in the famous photo of Ike visiting members of the 502 PIR on June 5 has been identified as PFC Michael Babich, and...
This description is taken from A Wartime Log, by Art and Lee Beltrone: “In Stalag Luft I, navigator Roy Wendell devoted two full pages in his...
I'd recommend Charles MacDonald's Company Commander, a classic 1st person account of his experiences leading his company in combat in Belgium and...
Cool - wonder if anyone was carded that night ! The looks on their faces says it all. Thanks.
As a (perhaps unfair) comparison, NASA's Space Shuttle attains a max orbital speed of about 8,000 meters (roughly 26,000 feet) per second - and I...
On shore leave, a lot of American sailors would wear their "dixie cup" hat perched on the back of their head, to show off their hair in front for...
The assault on Tarawa (actually Betio island, in Tarawa atoll) was depicted in Sands of Iwo Jima - John Wayne's "Sgt Stryker" leads his squad in...
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A slight clarification of the pathfinders' role - a number of paratroopers in the 82nd and 101st were selected and trained to be pathfinders, who...
Among my favorites is the scene in SPR when the patrol crosses paths with the Sdkfz 251 and engages in a sharp but short firefight - and finally...
