Second Battle of Fallujah
A story of block-by-block urban fighting and the hard decision to take back a city at any cost.
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A story of block-by-block urban fighting and the hard decision to take back a city at any cost.
The hill had a simple name on the map—Zebra Hill—but nothing about it was simple up close. Ahead of the assault troops the ground rose in a broken, rocky slope, pocked with shell holes and scraps of shattered brush. Hidden in that terrain were Japanese pillboxes and trenches positioned to command every approach. As the American infantrymen pushed forward, the hillside erupted with machine-gun bursts and grenades, tur
A story of a silent campaign against merchant ships and how it helped choke an island empire’s war effort.
Clyde Lee Choate — Staff Sergeant U.S. Army World War II Bruyeres, France
Henry F Warner — Corporal U.S. Army World War II near Dom Butgenbach, Belgium
Henry Schauer — Private First Class U.S. Army World War II near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy
Herbert F. Christian — Private U.S. Army World War II near Valmontone, Italy
Horace Marvin Thorne — Corporal U.S. Army World War II near Grufflingen, Belgium
Hulon Brocke Whittington — Sergeant U.S. Army World War II near Grimesnil, France
Melvin Earl Biddle — Private First Class U.S. Army World War II between Soy and Hotton, Belgium
Richard Hetherington O’Kane — Commander U.S. Navy World War II vicinity of Formosa Straits, Philippine Islands
Robert E. Gerstung — Technical Sergeant U.S. Army World War II Siegfried Line, near Berg, Germany
Thomas Weldon Fowler — Second Lieutenant U.S. Army World War II near Carano, Italy
Van Thomas Barfoot — Technical Sergeant U.S. Army World War II near Carano, Italy
Vernon McGarity — Technical Sergeant U.S. Army World War II near Krinkelt, Belgium
William Adolph Soderman — Private First Class U.S. Army World War II near Rocherath, Belgium
A story of layered air defense and digital command told through the sailors and crises that made Aegis indispensable.
A story of night-hunting firepower and battlefield reach told through the crews who flew it into the dark.