The year was 1940 and the memory of the first world war still hung over Europe like a toxic fog. Every general and…
At 1000 hours on August 7th, 1942, a flight of B17 flying fortresses from the 19th Bombardment Group approached a Japanese naval convoy…
The sky over the Netherlands was a cold and pale blue on the afternoon of October 7th, 1944. Lieutenant Urban Drew, a 20-year-old…
The waves in the North Pacific were 30 ft high. They crashed over the flight deck of the USS Hornet, soaking the aircraft…
The cockpit of the P47 Thunderbolt was 130°. It smelled of high octane fuel and sweat. Second left tenant Robert S. Johnson checked…
The cockpit of the P61 Black Widow was pitch black, save for the faint and hypnotic green glow of the radar scope. Major…
The fog in the Arden Forest was so thick on the morning of December 18th, 1944 that you could not see the hood…
21 cannon shells, 200 machine gun bullets. That is what it usually took to destroy an entire squadron of Allied fighters in 1943.…
The temperature was 6° below zero. It was December 16th, 1944 on a frozen ridgeel line in Belgium called Elsenborn. Private First Class…
If you believe you possess a solid understanding of the Cleveland Cavaliers, you might want to immediately erase your preconceived notions. For nearly…