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Written by Harry Crosby and Glenn Flickinger “A Wing and A Prayer” by Harry Crosby The Bremen Mission Harry Crosby’s memoir of his service with...
Written by Jeff Ballard We just received this wonderful note from globetrotting naval historian Jeff Ballard, with the latest VBC Magazine on Plum Pudding Island...
Written by Matt Saintsing (published in July/August 2024 issue of DAV Magazine) All eyes were on Terry Hillard as he told a room packed with...
Written by PACT for Animals Veterans and military families understand well the frenzies and uncertainties of deployment–leaving behind loved ones, including beloved pets. When duty...
Written by James Matsuoka Last month, WWII history enthusiast James Matsuoka sent his expert review of various companies that run World War II tours in...
Written by Todd DePastino Every once in a while, you see an artifact that takes your breath away. Such was the case last week, when...
USS Muskeget (AG-48), a former commercial cargo ship turned into a Coast Guard weathership and sunk by a German submarine in 1942 (USN) Written by...
Written by Ron Stachevich On the shore of the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, right outside the Carnegie Science Center, there sits a World War II...
Written by Todd DePastino An army may march on its stomach, as Napoleon supposedly said, but it functions on its paperwork. Modern armies are large...
Written by Lori S. Stewart Army WAC Vietnam veteran Pat Jernigan passed along this fascinating obituary of Doris “Lucki” Allen, written by Lori S. Stewart,...
Map of Allied bombing targets during Operation Argument “Big Week,” February 20-26, 1944 (USAAF) Glenn Flickinger with Todd DePastino World War II in Europe was...
The series gives the viewer an up-close-and-terrifyingly-personal vantage on the air war over Europe in WWII (Apple TV+) written by Glenn Flickinger As history, Apple...