Description
Contents: Editorial; Personality (“Watch Bong” remarked General George C. Kenney on December 27, 1942, “he’ll probably be the top ace of this war”); Armament (After seeing the Piper Cub land on LST 776‘s cable, a nearby destroyer blinked: “We see it but we don’t believe it”); Undercover (More than just “a tiny clique of officers” tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II); Books (The British and Americans were inventive in obtaining intelligence, but proved hesitant and mistrustful in sharing it); Perspectives (Asked by a fan why he was in the New York Yankee outfield, Paul Waner replied, “Because Joe DiMaggio is in the army”); WWII Marketplace; Hope Springs Eternal (“I’m happy to be here at Schofield”, Bob Hope grinned from the stage. “I’m a little late, The invitation read December 7. That’s an inside joke for those of you who remember Pearl Harbor.”); Flash Of Darkness (It began as a routine morning in Seeadler Harbor. Suddenly a tremendous explosion rocked the vast anchorage, and the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood was gone); Gallant Sortie Survived (Lieutenant John F. Kennedy and the crew of PT-109 looked into the black night for something to shoot at, But when they saw Amagiri bearing down on them, it was too late); Sergeants Odyssey (The 116th Panzer Division was a formidable foe, and in it’s ranks was a battle-hardened Wehrmacht veteran who had grown up in America – in Holland, Michigan)
Issue: September 1993
Condition: Very Good