New York City, Chicago Tribune offices, September 15th, 1922, Friday afternoon. Westbrook Pegler sits at his typewriter, young journalist, 28 years old, known…
3 Japanese Zeros Thought His “Clumsy” Bomber Would Be an Easy Target — Then He Shot Down All of Them
On the morning of May 8th, 1942, at 10,000 ft above the Coral Sea, Lieutenant Stanley Vetasa banked his SBD3 Dauntless dive bomber…
Japanese Snipers Were Terrified When They Realized U.S. Marines Used 40mm Cannons to Shoot Them Down
On the morning of September 17th, 1944, at 06:15, Captain George Jones crouched behind a coral outcrop on the beaches of Pleu, watching…
At 6:07 a.m. on April 16th, 1945, Commander Frederick Beckton stood on the bridge of the USS Lafy at radar picket station number…
On the night of July 24th, 1944, at 11:47 p.m., Sergeant James O’Reilly crouched behind a makeshift barricade on the Arote Peninsula of…
On the morning of April 7th, 1943, at 11:27 a.m., First Lieutenant James Elm Sweat climbed into the cockpit of his Grumman Wildcat…
On the morning of October 15th, 1943, at 6:27 a.m., Lieutenant Colonel William Shomo crouched in his P39 Aracobra cockpit 300 ft above…
December 10th, 1941. Clark Field, Philippines. Japanese Imperial Army engineers stood around the abandoned American vehicle, pointing and laughing. After years perfecting heavy,…
At 0615 on September 20th, 1944, Major Charles Carpenter crouched beside his Piper L4 Grasshopper on a muddy airirstrip near Aracord, France, watching…
At 11:32 on the morning of December 20th, 1943, Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown gripped the controls of his B17 bomber over Bremen, Germany,…