POW Escape from Davao, Part 2
On the morning of April 4, 1943, two POW work details made up of Lt. Cmdr. Melvyn H. McCoy, U.S. …
On the morning of April 4, 1943, two POW work details made up of Lt. Cmdr. Melvyn H. McCoy, U.S. …
April 1943 would become a landmark month in the history of prisoners of war (POWs). In Stalag Luft III, a …
On March 6, 1943, the New York Times reported that 11-year-old Anita Hochberg of Sea Cliff, Long Island, had donated …
When the Pearl Harbor attack was over, amid the preparations for war, an accounting of the cost began. The losses …
The January 1943 Red Army victory over the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad in the south was matched that same …
In his study of American generals from World War II on, The Generals: American Military Command from World War II …
Operation KE was the Jan. 14-Feb. 7, 1943 withdrawal of 10,600 defeated, starving Japanese soldiers of the battered 17th Army …
On Dec. 21, 1942, the Justice Department issued an eight-count indictment against the Anaconda Wire and Cable Company and five …
Of all the competing top priorities President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill grappled with, the most vexing was …
When the sun rose over the Eastern Time Zone on Oct. 27, 1962, the events that would almost cause a …