The Willys MB: The Quarter-Ton Vehicle That Won a War
How a desperate Army competition, a freelance designer working for free, and a stubborn flathead engine produced the most important military vehicle in history. The Willys MB was not a complicate...
THE LIEUTENANT THAT GOT SCARED BY COWS
“I was most worried about trying to remember all the things I was supposed to do, with the things I need to be concerned about,” begins Lt. Walter Chris Heisler, one of the US Army Paratroopers of ...
What “Ben” Curtis saw on that day was a lot of destruction. Aboard the Landing Ship Tank 539 of the US Navy, Ben told himself not to remember anything he saw at Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. ...
The Sunday Morning Brief: Victory Day 1945
From New York to Manila, Paris to Moscow, cities burst into song and dance. In Times Square, a sailor kissed a nurse as cameras captured the moment. Strangers embraced, flags flew, jazz echoed int...
THE PACIFIC: WHERE TIME MEANT SURVIVAL.
Island Hopping: Time, Steel, and Survival in the Pacific War The Pacific Ocean is vast in a way that’s hard to comprehend. Endless water, scattered islands, brutal weather, and distances that pu...
The Complete History of the A-11 Military Watch: How America's Greatest Generation Kept Time
In the annals of horological history, few timepieces carry the weight of legacy quite like the A-11 military watch. Often referred to as "the watch that won the war," this unassuming 30mm timepiec...