Melvin E. Biddle
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Operation Dragoon
On August 15th, 1944, Allied forces, including a substantial American component, stormed ashore along the southern coast of France in Operation Dragoon. While public attention and many soldiers’ memories focused on the earlier landings in Normandy, this Mediterranean assault opened a second front on French soil, aimed at seizing ports and driving north to link up with forces advancing from the Normandy beachhead.
Operation Shingle
On the western coast of Italy, Allied planners launched Operation Shingle with the hope of breaking the stalemate along the Gustav Line and speeding the capture of Rome. In the early hours of January 22nd, 1944, American and British troops came ashore near the small port of Anzio under a protective naval and air umbrella. The initial landings met relatively light opposition, and beachheads were established quickly, r
Trent Affair at Sea
Only one day after the Port Royal victory, another Union action at sea nearly widened the war in a dangerous direction.
BAC TSR-2
An advanced low-level supersonic strike and reconnaissance aircraft canceled after prototype flight testing.
Blackburn Buccaneer
A low-level carrier strike aircraft developed to attack naval and land targets at high subsonic speed.
Convair XFY Pogo
A tail-sitting turboprop naval fighter prototype developed for vertical operation from small platforms.
de Havilland Hornet
A fast twin-engine long-range fighter developed during World War II and entering Royal Air Force service immediately afterward.
English Electric Lightning
A Mach 2 British interceptor developed for rapid climb and point-defense interception.
Folland Gnat
A very light jet fighter whose combat career was most significant with the Indian Air Force.
Gloster Meteor
Britain’s first operational jet fighter, entering Royal Air Force service in 1944 and continuing into the early Cold War.
Grumman F8F Bearcat
A lightweight high-performance carrier fighter that reached U.S. Navy service at the end of World War II.
Grumman F9F Panther / Cougar family
A Grumman naval jet family beginning with the straight-wing Panther and evolving into the swept-wing Cougar, with extensive fighter and attack use.
Hawker P.1127 / Kestrel family
A vectored-thrust combat-aircraft development family that established the configuration later matured in the Harrier.
Ilyushin Il-10
A heavily armored Soviet attack aircraft developed as a successor to the Il-2 and introduced at the end of World War II.
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
The first operational American jet fighter family, developed during World War II and fielded as the Army Air Forces transitioned to jet propulsion.
Lockheed XFV Salmon
A tail-sitting vertical-takeoff naval fighter prototype intended to protect ships without conventional flight decks.
Lockheed YF-12
A Mach 3 interceptor prototype derived from Lockheed’s A-12 reconnaissance aircraft and equipped with radar-guided missiles.