Source: “Saga of the All American: History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II”, Dawson, F., 1946 p. 197 With what is kn...

As we commemorate those soldiers who died in war since the U.S. Civil War on this upcoming Memorial Day of May 30, 2011, I want to share a p...

  “The ALLIED airborne operation in Sicily was decisive despite widely scattered drops which must be expected in a night landing. It is my...

Operation Husky: Axis Forces in Sicily In July 1943, the defenses of Sicily were as follows: there were between 200,000 and 300,000 Ita...

Bill’s firefight at the pill box on the night of July 9 through the morning of July 10 in my last blog post is a typical account of the type...