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Contents: ‘Chesty’ Puller’s Epic Stand (In October 1942, the fate of the American position on Guadalcanal rested with Lt. Col. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller and his 7th Marines); Triumph Of Operation Torch (Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, was born of the rancorous debate between British and American planners on how best to fight the war against Adolf Hitler’s Germany); On Campaign With The Bengal Lancers (During his time with the famed Bengal Lancers, Brigadier Francis Ingall witnessed the twilight of Britain’s wars of empire and the last days of the British-controlled Indian army); Thunderbolt Strike On The Road To Montelimar (When Republic P-47 fighters from the 79th Fighter Group swarmed into the Rhone River valley in August 1944, they demonstrated the brutal effectiveness of tactical air power) Departments – Editorial; Communiques; Commands (The 201st Fighter Squadron, Mexican Expeditionary Air Force); WWII Today; One Man’s War (George Pirnik flew two combat tours in the Eighth Air Force and then volunteered to serve in Korea and, later, in Vietnam); Armament (Charles F. Brannock’s shoe-fitting device may have been one of the most unglamorous, but essential, devices in the American arsenal); Undercover (In October 1944, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Eastwind unexpectedly came upon the half-frozen crew of a German trawler off the coast of Greenland); Personality (The forgotten ace of an unheralded air force, Teresio Martinoli deserves to be remembered as Italy’s ace of aces); Perspectives (The wreck of the Liberty Ship John Barry holds the secrets of a failed top-secret mission and millions of dollars in silver); Reviews; WWII Marketplace
Issue: November 2002
Condition: Very Good