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Contents: Final Thoughts Of The Blond Knight (In the final interview before his death, 352-voctory ace of aces Erich Hartmann talked candidly about his World War II experience and reflected on an amazing career in the Luftwaffe); A Very Savage Operation (For the untried men of the 126th Infantry Regiment, the brutality of the war in New Guinea began even before the first shot was fired); Ambushed By The Afrika Korps (As they began their advance on Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia, the supremely confident men of the U.S. 1st Armored Regiment had no idea they were driving into a trap) Departments – Editorial; Communiques; NEW WWII Today; One Man’s War (Al DeFrancisco, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division); Commands (Number 485 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force); Perspectives (More than half a century after the end of World War II, a group of American veterans finally have a chance to thank their Kachin comrades for their efforts in Burma); Armament (America’s only production lightweight fighter of World War II never served in the Army Air Forces); Personality (Known among his fellow prisoners as “Big X”, Roger Bushell had already made five escape attempts before leading the Great Escape); Undercover (Desperate to remove the threat to its convoys, the Royal Navy sent tiny X-craft submarines to sink Tirpitz, the largest warship in the German fleet); Reviews; WWII Marketplace; Almanac
Issue: September 2002
Condition: Very Good