February 17th, 1940, 6:47 in the morning, Kola River, Eastern Finland. The temperature had dropped to -43° C. Cold enough to freeze breath…
The oil filter was smoking in Danny Kowalsski’s hands, black paint bubbling, metal hot enough to burn skin, the smell of scorched cotton…
December 19th, 1944. 4:47 in the morning, Arden’s Forest, Belgium. David Sullivan crouched in a frozen oak tree 40 ft above snowcovered ground.…
Zoa, Netherlands. April 15th, 1945. 2:47 a.m. Marcus Sullivan crouches behind a 400-year-old brick wall. One eye tracking a window across St. Mikallskerk…
November 8th, 1944, Lady Gulf, Philippines. Six American Marines faced 200 Japanese soldiers in a bamboo forest. They had one experimental weapon that…
At 4 in the morning on August 12th, 1943, the Japanese patrol didn’t hear the shot that killed their left tenant. They didn’t…
August 18th, 1943, 100 ft above the jungle floor of New Guinea, Sergeant Marcus William Carter peered through his rifle scope at devastation…
The tree was wrong. Corporal Thomas Milwood stared through his binoculars at the rgeline 800 yardds north of his position. December wind bit…
At 05:30 hours on November 11th, 1943, Staff Sergeant James Mitchell pressed his cheek against the stock of his Springfield rifle. His eye…
In the world of professional basketball, the debate over the “Greatest of All Time” (GOAT) is a never-ending cycle of statistics, highlights, and…