August 15th, 1944. 0547 hours. Gothic line, Northern Italy. Lieutenant Everett McKenzie stared through a rangefinder that shouldn’t exist. Built in a foxhole…
On September 16th, 1943 at Tokina airfield on Bugganville in the Solomon Islands, Captain James Sweat witnessed a devastating loss. His Wingman’s F4U…
October 18th, 1943. 0400 hours. Forests outside Smealinsk Soviet Union. Vera Blackwell had been lying motionless for 20 consecutive hours. The temperature hovered…
In October 1944, Gunner’s mate Tommy Rodriguez gripped his anti-aircraft gun aboard the USS Enterprise as Japanese kamicazi pilot screen toward his ship…
Normandy, June 18th, 1944. 0547 hours. Halpedman France Vber sat in the ruins of what used to be a farmhouse. The morning light…
On November 16th, 1951, Captain Dennis Campbell carried a briefcase up the gangway to HMS Illustrious. Inside was a single sheet of paper…
December 9th, 1943. Rapido River Valley, Italy. The frost came down hard that morning. It coated the broken stones, the dead grass, the…
On the morning of April 7th, 1945, Captain Masawa Suyunaga prepared for what should have been another routine scramble from Chofu airfield, 20…
November 1876, southwestern Montana territory. Sarah Brennan stood in the doorway of the cabin that wasn’t hers anymore, watching her late husband’s business…
A patchy woman with three children. Can we warm ourselves? The cowboy’s response changed everything that night. Watch till the end for the…