German Child POWs Couldn’t Believe Their First Day in America. VD
German Child POWs Couldn’t Believe Their First Day in America 1) The Platform Camp Tonkawa, Oklahoma. March 1945. The platform smelled of diesel and spring rain. Fifteen-year-old Dieter Koch stepped down with hands that would not stop shaking. He had…
Engineers Called His B-25 Gunship “Impossible” — Until It Sank 12 Japanese Ships in 3 Days. NU
Engineers Called His B-25 Gunship “Impossible” — Until It Sank 12 Japanese Ships in 3 Days At 7:42 a.m. on August 17, 1942, Captain Paul I. Gunn crouched beneath the wing of a battered Douglas A-20 Havoc at Eagle Farm Airfield near Brisbane….
When 5 German Panthers Attacked — This Sherman Gunner’s 5 Shots Destroyed Them All. NU
When 5 German Panthers Attacked — This Sherman Gunner’s 5 Shots Destroyed Them All At 2:27 p.m. on June 14, 1944, the hedgerows outside a small Norman village trembled with distant engine noise. Sergeant Gordon Harris crouched inside his Sherman Firefly, sweat trickling down…
This B-17 Gunner Fell 4 Miles With No Parachute — And Kept Shooting at German Fighters. NU
This B-17 Gunner Fell 4 Miles With No Parachute — And Kept Shooting at German Fighters At 11:47 a.m. on November 29, 1943, high above the industrial city of Bremen, the sky seemed to tear itself apart. Black flak bursts bloomed…
It Burns When You Touch It — German Woman POW Hidden Injury Shocked the U.S. Soldier Who Found Her. VD
It Burns When You Touch It — German Woman POW Hidden Injury Shocked the U.S. Soldier Who Found Her 1) The Bench Texas, 1945. Heat shimmered across the endless flats around Camp Swift, turning the horizon into liquid glass. Near…
‘Is This Real Food?’ Little German Boy Asked — What Happened Next Shocked The Entire Camp. VD
‘Is This Real Food?’ Little German Boy Asked — What Happened Next Shocked The Entire Camp 1) The Tray Texas, July 1945. The mess hall at Camp Swift baked under a metal roof that threw heat back down like a…
This Can’t Be Real…” — German POW Nurses Froze When They Saw How Advanced American Medicine Was. VD
This Can’t Be Real…” — German POW Nurses Froze When They Saw How Advanced American Medicine Was Chapter 1: The White Light Camp Carson, Colorado, Summer 1944. The infirmary doors opened onto a room so bright it hurt the eyes….
When German Children POWs Were Served Breakfast — They Thought It Was a Trap. VD
When German Children POWs Were Served Breakfast — They Thought It Was a Trap Chapter 1: Breakfast as a Trap Camp Trinidad, Colorado, September 1945. Before dawn the compound still slept under a thin mountain cold, but the mess hall…
When American Soldiers Gave Up Their Beds — German POW Women Couldn’t Believe the Sacrifice. VD
When American Soldiers Gave Up Their Beds — German POW Women Couldn’t Believe the Sacrifice Chapter 1: Snow at Camp Butner North Carolina, December 1944. Snow fell softly across Camp Butner, settling on pine needles and turning the guard towers…
German Boy POWs in Texas Found Themselves Playing with Calves — Remembering They Were Once Kids. VD
German Boy POWs in Texas Found Themselves Playing with Calves — Remembering They Were Once Kids Chapter 1: The Calf in the Dust Texas, summer of 1944. The morning sun climbed over Camp Hearne and poured itself across the pasture…