April 15th, 1945. The morning artillery stops. After days of explosions that shook their cellar hideout, sudden silence terrifies Greta more than the…
July 12th, 1944. Normandy Bokeage, 0620 hours. Technical Sergeant Mike Kowalsski watched his best friend climb into an unarmed Willy’s jeep for a…
July 1944, Saipan. Seven Japanese nurses crouched in a cave, the American voices closing in like thunder. They’d been told what capture meant.…
September 15th, 1945. Cedar Falls, Iowa. The train station platform stretched empty under a gray autumn sky. Steam hissed from the locomotive as…
September 1944, Fort Deans Station, Massachusetts. The autumn air crisp with possibility. A transport train carrying 47 German women prisoners of war pulled…
December 7th, 1943. Bugenville Island, Solomon Sea. Staff Sergeant Mike Kowalsski crouches in the mud. Japanese voices closing in through the smoke. His…
June 6th, 1944, 1:14 in the morning. 13,100 American paratroopers dropped into Normandy darkness carrying 88 lb of equipment. Shoots snapped open. Anti-aircraft…
German Generals Laughed at American Pistols, Until The Smith & Wesson .38 Dropped Them With One Shot
April 22nd, 1945. A roadblock 34 miles outside Lansburg and Lech Bavaria. Captain James Hollis stepped out of his jeep carrying a Smith…
The phone rings. Middle of night. Ruth wakes up, reaches for receiver, still half asleep. Hello. Voice on other end shaking, crying. Mr.…
Yankees clubhouse. Early afternoon. Outside, summer sun blazing. Inside, players preparing for game. Putting on uniforms, checking bats, stretching muscles. Normal pregame routine.…