WW2 History Magazine Winter 2024 Back Issue

The Blue Ridge Division in Europe
Arriving in Normandy in August 1944, the 80th Infantry
Division fought at the Moselle and the Battle of the Bulge—
and witnessed the horrors of Buchenwald.
ANDY ADKINS & MADELINE HANSON
Remembering Torpedo 8 of Midway
USS Hornet’s Torpedo Squadron 8 was decimated during the
Battle of Midway, but there were other survivors besides the
celebrated Ensign George Gay.
MARK CARLSON
Counterattack at Arras
The Anglo-French armored thrust at Arras failed to halt the
Germans in 1940, but it surely shook them.
DAVID H. LIPPMAN
Destroying the Pearl: Liberation
of Manila
As U.S. troops moved to liberate the beautiful city of Manila
in 1945, the Japanese embarked on a campaign of death and
destruction.
DAVID H. LIPPMAN
Last Days of PT-34
The Navy’s newest and smallest warship, patrol torpedo boats
like PT-34 proved their worth in the Philippines early in World
War II.
JOHN DOMAGALSKI
Bomber Pilot to Prisoner of War
Pilot Ben Ernst bailed out of his stricken B-25 Mitchell bomber
off the coast of Palermo and spent two years as a POW.
AMY WANNEMACHER