CH2 – Japanese Officer’s Final Note: “Black Montford Marines Made Victory Impossible”
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi did not believe in miracles. By the time he stood on the volcanic rock of Iwo…
CH2 – American Soldiers Were Shocked by the Beauty of Italian Women During the Liberation
They’d heard about Italy long before they ever saw it. In North Africa, when the nights cooled off enough…
CH2 – The Simple Trick One Unknown Pilot Used to Shoot Down 6 Messerschmitts in a Single Day
By the time the war reached its third summer, the sky above Europe had become a kind of machine. Engines,…
CH2 – They Banned His “Upside Down” Radio Wire — Until It Saved an Entire Convoy from U Boats
By the time the war reached its third summer, the sky above Europe had become a kind of machine. Engines,…
CH2 – They Laughed at One Pilot’s “Crash the Runway” — Until He Blocked the Luftwaffe’s Take Off
February 9, 1944. Northern France. The airfield near Bovet lay under a low sheet of frozen mist, as if someone…
CH2 – When 2,700 Japanese Attacked 33 Marines — This Sergeant’s 10-Hour Stand Left Everyone Speechless
At 2:00 a.m. on October 26th, 1942, Platoon Sergeant Mitchell Paige crouched behind a Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun on…