Paolo Varriale. Italian Aces of World War I. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces Series, 89. New York: Osprey, 2009. Paperback, illustrated, 104pp. Review by Peter L. Belmonte There is not much written in English about the Italian army and naval air forces in the Great War. For this reason, Osprey is to be commended for…
General Gavin is a legend among American paratroopers, leading the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and later the 82ndAirborne Division in four combat jumps in the European Theater during World War II. Lewis Sorley provides an unprecedented look at Gavin’s innermost thoughts as he fought his way from Sicily, through Italy, France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany…
It is no news that history is a very crucial part of life. We all know that understanding the past is very important if we must shape the future and make things better than they once were in time past. And, to capture all the different events that happened in history, many works of art…
When America sends sons and daughters into combat not all will return unscathed, and some will die. When a member of the United States military is injured in combat, it is up to healthcare professionals to take immediate life-saving measures. Today, an injured soldier’s care begins with brave medics (US Army) and hospital corpsmen (US…
My Way (2011), a South Korean World War II movie, and apparently being one of the most expensive Korean films ever made with a budget of ₩28 billion (US$24 million), is loosely based on the story of Yang Kyoungjong. Yang Kyoungjong was a Korean soldier, who fought with the Imperial Japanese Army, the Soviet Red Army, and eventually the German Wehrmacht (in…
Remembering the final combat mission of WWII – and the boys who flew it On Aug. 15, 1945, while the Allies waited to hear if Japan would surrender, 21-year-old Captain Jerry Yellin climbed into the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang and took off from Iwo Jima to attack targets in Tokyo. With him on what…
The DPAA has released that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Howard T. Lurcott and 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield, both missing since World War II, have finally been accounted for. B-24J Pilot Lurcott went missing at Tarawa Lagoon and A-26 pilot Hadfield went missing in Germany. 1st Lt. Howard T. Lurcott was accounted for on…
Being there . . . . for Schiffer Publishing Company’s famed military historian-author NormanFranks’ introductions of British and American Aces of World War I, followed in a few weeks,with an equally rare meeting of German air aces of that bitter disastrous European conflict.Mention the name Norman Franks and buffs of the First World War spring…
“US NAVY PROTECTED CRUISERS 1883 – 1918”, by Brian Lane Herder, Illustrated by Paul Wright.OSPREY PUBLISHING/Bloomsbury Publishing: 2023, New Vanguard Series #320, 48 pages, 7 ¼” x 9 ¾”, softcover, $20. Visit, www.ospreypublishing.com. “ALLIED WARSHIPS vs THE ATLANTIC WALL – – Normandy 1944”, by Steven J. Zaloga. OSPREYPUBLISHING/Bloomsbury Publishing: 2023, Osprey DUEL Engage the Enemy…
Author Ian Fleming, when asked about the escapades of his fictional spy James Bond, reportedly replied, “He’s no Sidney Reilly.” Who was Sidney Reilly and why did Fleming’s remark indicate that the smooth, suave licensed-to-kill ladykiller was inferior to him? Perhaps because what Agent 007 accomplished with the gadgets provided by the ingenuity of Q…
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