July 27th, 1944. The German defensive line in Normandy collapsed. After 7 weeks of bloody stalemate in the hedge, American forces had…
A brigadier general stepped out of a jeep at a command post in the Belgian town of St. Vit. Behind him were…
December 19th, 1944, a converted French army barracks in Verdun. The most powerful generals in the Allied command sat around a table,…
\ Late November 1944, Colonel Oscar intelligence officer for Patton’s Third Army, submitted a report to his commander. The assessment, German forces were…
Imagine you’re a German soldier in the autumn of 1944. The Allies are pushing hard from the west. Your unit has just…
The pistol appeared on the desk like an afterthought. Small, elegant, wrapped in a fitted leather holster with gold hardware. The kind…
December 24th, 1945, Luxembourg American Cemetery. General George S. Patton Jr. was buried among the soldiers of Third Army. Accounts differ on…
In a southern town that believed the war had ended its problems, the Ku Klux Clan rode openly through black streets, counting…
It was supposed to be a simple briefing. May 12th, 1968. The conference room at Military Assistance Command Vietnam headquarters in Long…
The set went quiet. The cameras had stopped rolling and John Wayne’s horse refused to leave him. Monument Valley, Utah. September 1976.…