The Breaking Point at Dachau: The Untold Story of the U.S. Soldiers Who Took Justice Into Their Own Hands Imagine being a battle-hardened American soldier who has seen the worst...
May 1945, Borneo. The thick jungle air hung heavy with moisture as 37,000 Australian soldiers prepared for what many called a pointless battle. The Great War against Japan was nearly...
When Pride Met Power: General George S. Patton’s Muddy Standoff with a Defiant German Officer When General George S. Patton walked into a prisoner collection point near Vimar in April...
The King’s Ultimate Stand: How Elvis Presley Risked His Career to Defy Segregation at a Mississippi Diner In 1956 Elvis Presley was the undisputed King of Rock and Roll but...
The Greatest Victory: How Muhammad Ali Knocked Out Generations of Hate in a Georgia Diner Without Throwing a Single Punch Muhammad Ali was known for knocking men out in the...
Eddie Van Halen walked into a pawn shop in the valley carrying his iconic Frankenstrat guitar in its case. He needed an updated insurance appraisal for his instrument collection, and...
Eddie Van Halen was in the control room of a Hollywood recording studio when he watched a first-year engineer stop Keith Richards mid-take and tell him his chord voicings were...
Eddie Van Halen was browsing a popular online guitar forum late one night, reading technical discussions about guitar modifications and playing techniques. He joined the forum months earlier under the...
Eddie Van Halen was told by an airline gate agent that his guitar case was too large for the overhead bin and would have to be checked. What happened when...
1943, Vickers-Armstrong Workshops, Newcastle. British engineers unveiled their solution to Germany’s heavy armor. The gun was facing backwards, not slightly angled, completely backwards. Everyone who saw it thought there had...