The Marine They Rejected: How a 5-Foot Hero Burned Through 7 Japanese Fortresses in Just 4 Hours. VD
The Marine They Rejected: How a 5-Foot Hero Burned Through 7 Japanese Fortresses in Just 4 Hours At 10:23 on the morning of February 23, 1945, Corporal Hershel “Woody” Williams lay face down in the suffocating black volcanic ash of…
Why US Tankers Started Welding “German Trash” On Shermans — And Saved 1,500 Lives In Days “German Trash” On Shermans — And Saved 1,500 Lives In Days. NU
Why US Tankers Started Welding “German Trash” On Shermans — And Saved 1,500 Lives In Days “German Trash” On Shermans — And Saved 1,500 Lives In Days The Rhino Cutter: How Curtis Cullen Changed the Battle of Normandy On the…
German Children Were Found Sharing One Piece of Bread Among 40 Kids — How They Divided It Made. VD
German Children Were Found Sharing One Piece of Bread Among 40 Kids — How They Divided It Made Forty Portions A World War II story (about 2,000 words) Chapter 1 — The Cellar Door (Brandenburg, May 1945) The fighting had…
German Women Held in Exploitative Wartime Roles Were Stunned When American Soldiers Entered. NU
German Women Held in Exploitative Wartime Roles Were Stunned When American Soldiers Entered A Fear Years in the Making Long before American troops ever appeared, the women already knew what they expected to face. For months—sometimes years—they had lived under…
German Women POWs Couldn’t Believe American Female Guards Carried Weapons — What Happened Next. VD
German Women POWs Couldn’t Believe American Female Guards Carried Weapons — What Happened Next The Women at the Gate A World War II story (about 2,000 words) Chapter 1 — Camp Huntsville, Texas (1945) The transport truck rolled through the…
A U.S. Soldier Faced a Forgotten Image. NU
A U.S. Soldier Faced a Forgotten Image The Photograph That Should Not Have Existed It was a small photograph. Slightly bent at one corner. Sepia-toned by age rather than intention. When she placed it in his hand, she did not…
When German POWs Witnessed Their First Rodeo — Their Reaction Was Priceless. VD
When German POWs Witnessed Their First Rodeo — Their Reaction Was Priceless The Rodeo Beyond the Wire A World War II story (about 2,000 words) Chapter 1 — Dust, Heat, and a Word with No Meaning (Texas, 1945) The Texas…
‘You’re Mine Now,’ Said the U.S. Soldier After Seeing Starving German POW Women. NU
‘You’re Mine Now,’ Said the U.S. Soldier After Seeing Starving German POW Women The Sentence No One Was Supposed to Say “You’re mine now.” The words were not shouted.They were not dramatic.They were spoken quietly, almost casually, as if they…
“My Son Would Be Your Age” — A German POW Father Told a Young American Guard Who Looked Like His Son. VD
“My Son Would Be Your Age” — A German POW Father Told a Young American Guard Who Looked Like His Son THE HORSE CARVED FROM SILENCE A World War II Story Chapter I – Roll Call on the Prairie Nebraska,…
What Really Happened When British Troops Entered Defeated Germany and Came Face to Face With German Women. NU
What Really Happened When British Troops Entered Defeated Germany and Came Face to Face With German Women When the War Officially Ended—but Life Did Not The end of World War II is often remembered as a clean moment in time….