Month: September 2026

At 11:33 on the night of 6th August 1943, a radar operator aboard the destroyer USS Dunlap reported four contacts bearing 345, range 19,700 yd….

The night the USS Caldwell almost lost two souls began with a single wrong vibration under a young Deckhand’s boots. At 0340 on the freezing…

At dawn on the 3rd day of March, 1943, the sea north of New Guinea looked calm enough to promise another safe crossing. Eight Japanese…

Sonorin Desert doesn’t care what time it is. At 4:51 in the morning, one small light moves beneath the belly of a 30-tonon A10 Thunderbolt….

At 7:10 on the morning of June 4th, 1942, First Lieutenant James Murie dropped to 200 feet above the Pacific Ocean, watching 30 Japanese Zero…

At midnight on 15 November 1942, in the blackwater between Savo Island and Guadalcanal, the battleship USS Washington opened fire on a target her lookouts…

At 7:30 a.m. on October 31st, 1943, Technical Sergeant Arthur Beno crouched behind the twin 50 caliber machine guns in the top turret of a…

The Horse Breeder Sent the Wrong Stallion to a Widow’s Farm—She Turned It Into Her Greatest Stud   The trailer didn’t sound like it held a…

They Were Auctioning Off a Widow and Her Baby, The Cowboy Rode Up Late and Said “I’ll Take Them”  The sun cast long shadows across…