German Pilots Laughed at America’s ‘Red Tails’ – Then They Racked Up Over 100 Kills
In 1925, the United States Army War College published a report that was meant to be the final word on the subject. It was a cold academic…
A Mobster Called Bumpy Johnson the N-Word — His 6-Word Reply Scared the Mafia Away…
Nobody expected what Bumpy Johnson did when they insulted him. September 1948, Sao Banano walked into Bumpy’s restaurant with six armed men and said the one thing…
Early U.S. Logistics in the Pacific 1941-42: Replenishment, Repair, Reinforcements & Replacements
On this episode of What’s Going On with Shipping, we look at early US logistics in the Pacific from 1941 to 1942. I’m your host, Sagaliano. Welcome…
Japanese POWs Expected Cruel Treatment – Instead Americans Greeted Them With Kindness
December 8th, 1941. Wim Manalo Beach, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. The sand burned against his face as Enen Kazuo Sakamaki struggled to remain conscious, his fingers clawing…
A Gangster Slapped a Waiter… Dean’s Response became Legend in the Underworld…
The slap echoed through the Sands Hotel dining room like a gunshot. Every conversation stopped. Every fork froze midair. And Dean Martin, sitting three tables away with…
The Most Underrated American Battleship Of World War 2
At 2300 hours on November 14, 1942, the radar operators aboard USS Washington tracked nine Japanese warships moving through the darkness 18,000 yd away. The enemy force…
When They Put Triple Magazines on a M3 Grease Gun — Germans Called Them Endless Storm
February 14th, 1945, 4:47 hours. The Herkin Forest. Staff Sergeant Marcus M. Donovan, 23, from Pittsburgh, crouches in a frozen foxhole 30 yards from a German bunker…
How One Black US Marine Sniper’s “Treetop Perch” Firing Line Made 27 Marksmen Vanish in New Guinea…
The jungle of New Guinea seemed to swallow sound itself. August 18th, 1943. Sergeant Mitchell Page Jenkins of the First Marine Division peered through the tangle of…
Germans Laughed at Black Troops — Until the 92nd Infantry Broke the Gothic Line…
December 26th, 1944. Monte Belvadier, Northern Aenines, Italy. Through morning fog, Obus Hinrich von Shelonburgg watched American troops advancing toward his fortress. Negroes, his briefing officer, had…
How One Marine’s “Forbidden” Brig Trick Made 40 Thieves Stop 3,000-Man Banzai Charge…
At 0900 on September 27th, 1942, Lieutenant Colonel William Whailing stood at the edge of Henderson Field on Guadal Canal, watching four Marines carry a stretcher toward…