On 2 May, a British intelligence officer doing the London Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle noticed No. 17 across: "One of the U.S." The answer, he knew, was "Utah." Ordinarily, nothing remarkable about that. But this was 1944, a month before D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history. And the answer to No. 17
Todd DePastino This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something from Praesidus, the VBC will earn a commission. We affiliate with select companies whose superior products and services complement our veteran storytelling mission. WWII Airborne Re-enactors at Utah Beach site, Normandy, with the Army A-11 Wristwatch,
One-hundred-year-old Jim Kehl is one of the last surviving US Navy ship captains from World War II. Jim served aboard LSM-144 and LSM-145 and traveled tens-of-thousands of miles across the Pacific in 1944 and 1945, including the invasions of the Lingayen Gulf and Okinawa. On March 22, 2022, Todd DePastino interviewed Jim
Written by Galen Peterson Galen Peterson in Iraq, 2008 Galen Peterson is a foremost expert on modern tank combat, having learned the subject first-hand as a tank platoon leader and company commander in Iraq. Galen is author of the memoir Strike Hard and Expect No Mercy and has lectured
Lt. James Kehl, 1946 One-hundred-year-old Jim Kehl of Pittsburgh, PA, is one of the last surviving US Navy ship captains from World War II. Jim served aboard LSM-144 and LSM-145 and traveled tens-of-thousands of miles across the Pacific in 1944 and 1945, including the invasions of the Lingayen Gulf and Okinawa. He
There Will Always Be Storms by George Zwaagstra George Zwaagstra, Royal Canadian Air Force, 1954 George Zwaagstra was born in Tjerkwerd, Friesland, the Netherlands in 1933 and emigrated to Canada in 1951. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and became a Canadian citizen in 1956. He lives in Halifax, Nova
