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VETERANS REMEMBER
Paratroopers’
Desperate
D-Day Drop
Iwo Jima
Killing Zone
Death in a
Frozen Hell
Unsinkable:
Battleship
Nevada
SURVIVING 35 MISSIONS
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
B-17 Tail Gunner
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MOUNTAIN FIGHT IN BURMA,
JAPAN’S MARCH TO WAR, AND MORE!
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Features
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How Pearl Harbor Happened
Efforts to reach peace accords—and the expectation of one decisive
battle—actually put Japan on a collision course to war with the
United States.
RICHARD G. HIGGINS
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38
46
Departments
06
Editorial
A letter from a Bastogne foxhole
FLINT WHITLOCK
Fiery Fight for a Frozen Hell
Often overlooked, the portion of the Battle of the Bulge that took place in
Luxembourg was as savage as the better known battles in Belgium.
JAMES G. BILDER
On a Wing ... and Several Prayers
Larry Stevens, a teenaged gunner on a venerable B-17G named
Full House,
survived 35 missions to make it back home.
GLENN BARNETT
The Nevada and I Survived the War
A former sailor recalls his ship’s participation in some of the most
momentous events of World War II, from Pearl Harbor to Normandy
to Iwo Jima.
CHARLES T. SEHE
60
Dropping into Normandy
Although almost everything went wrong during the American D-Day
airborne jump, the paratroopers managed to pull victory from the jaws
of defeat. These are their personal stories.
KEVIN M. HYMEL
08
Personalities
Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin cast the only vote
against declaring war on Japan the day after the
Pearl Harbor attack.
MARTIN K.A. MORGAN
72
Battle Above the Clouds
Inept leadership during the Salween Offensive, May-July 1944, nearly
cost the Chinese Army victory over Japan in Burma.
MARC D. BERNSTEIN
96
Museums
The museum at La Gleize, Belgium is considered among
the best museums dedicated to the Battle of the Bulge.
MICHEL DE TREZ
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Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima
The United States 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions faced their sternest
trials by fire in the month-long battle to take the island of Iwo Jima.
NATHAN N. PREFER
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VETERANS REMEMBER
Paratroopers’
Desperate
D-Day Drop
COVER: A U.S. paratrooper
prepares to exit his transport
plane for a U.S. Army publicity
photo. See story page 60.
Photo: National Archives
Iwo Jima
Killing Zone
Death in a
Frozen Hell
Unsinkable:
Battleship
Nevada
SURVIVING 35 MISSIONS
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
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B-17 Tail Gunner
MOUNTAIN FIGHT IN BURMA,
JAPAN’S MARCH TO WAR, AND MORE!
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