Remembering World War Two Airmen

D-Day, 2009. 65th Anniversary of the great event that changed the world. 5.9 miles, 2,200 vertical climb, 80 minutes, and the top was reache...

Omaha Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944. The 29th goes ashore. Omaha Beach today. France. The following is the tentative final draft of a magazine...

While touring the Pima Air Museum, I came across this flag, which is labeled as the first American flag to come ashore on Utah Beach on D-Da...

The Twenty-Ninth Infantry goes ashore on D-Day. Frank was there. He tells about it in his book. One of my most prized possessions, a signe...

Nov. 20: French air mechanics dismantle a Douglas C-47 at Rajlovac airbase near Sarajevo, Bosnia. AP-----A U.S. Air Force plane instrumenta...

I found the following book description online, and think it sheds light into the motivations and meaning of Potomac Books' upcoming re-r...

American and Allied glider pilots did much to help win the war in Europe. Their fragile planes, towed behind C-47s or other powered aircraft...

Aviation historian John Havers sent me this write-up today about a special event in England honoring D-Day veterans. I reproduce it here in ...

Etched in Purple --The Greatest WWII Infantryman Story, by Frank Irgang Technically, the story of an Army infantryman doesn't fit in a ...