Target for Today – Review and Gameplay
Target for Today, in my view, is the single best solitaire wargame available today. Arguably, it may be the best ever.
97th Bombardment Group paintings, 1942
Respected artists deployed across the globe on assignment to Life Magazine during World War II to capture images of Americans at war. Among them was Peter Hurd, noted for his portraits and southwestern landscapes. In the late summer and autumn of 1942, he traveled to the United Kingdom to paint airmen of the 97th Bombardment …
Whizzer II goes down over Yugoslavia
This dramatic photo and the one below show the final moments in the lives of ten Airmen on Whizzer II (SN 42-5786), a B-17F Flying Fortress. She and her crew were assigned to the 840th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy). On April 15th, 1944, the Fifteenth Air Force – flying out of bases around Foggia, Italy – …
Don’t be like my dad. Fight to live.
My dad was proud of the awards he earned in World War II and later in his Army career, especially his Combat Infantry Badge. Growing up in the 60s, I sometimes snuck into my parents' bedroom to pull the medals and CIB out of the box that my dad kept them stored in. I touched …
Liberators in the Marine Corps – World War II
Mid-1944, Emirau, Bismarck Archipelago. A PB4Y-1 Liberator of Marine Photographic Squadron (VMD) 254 takes off at the start of a long-range reconnaissance mission to Truk Atoll. US Marine Corps Photo During World War II, the PB4Y-1 was the was the largest aircraft in the Marine Corps inventory. The Navy version of the B-24 heavy bomber, …
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Captain Kevin G. Rafferty, USAAF
Here is a fine study of the P-51B-NA-10 Mustang in flight over England sometime in 1944. USAAF Photo Over the decades, this photo has appeared in numerous publications on the P-51 and Air Power in World War II. It shows the Mustang's clean lines, and has helped shape how we see this aircraft and the …