A quick glance at a map in early January 1942 made things obvious: The Japanese Empire threw America into World War II with its sneak-attack on Pearl Harbor the month before. Germany and Italy quickly ...
More than 200 converted World War II DUKWs ply the nation's waterways. The ungainly amphibian was created in a mere 42 days but had to battle Army brass to get into combat. Cameron Davidson More than ...
A GMC DUKW 353 military vehicle will come up for auction in the U.K. at 1 pm GMT (8 am EST) this Saturday, March 20 th. Commonly known as the Duck, the DUKW 353 was an amphibious version of the ...
Melvin Flath encountered a Frankenstein’s monster of a vehicle - a boat and truck hybrid snatched up from a postwar surplus sale - and had an idea. The vehicle was a 2.5 ton military cargo hauler ...
Dvr Harry Weller. Thought to have been taken just after Arnham at Vucht, Belgium on first day that shirts and ties authorised. Guards Armoured flash on jacket. The Outbreak of War When the war broke ...
Dvr Harry Weller. Thought to have been taken just after Arnham at Vucht, Belgium on first day that shirts and ties authorised. Guards Armoured flash on jacket. The Outbreak of War When the war broke ...
American inventions proved their worth in the Normandy campaign that began on June 6, 1944. They allowed Allied forces to shoot, move and communicate in the arduous D-Day landings. From floating ...
For an entire generation of service members, HBO’s “Band of Brothers” was an unofficial curriculum on leadership. The miniseries follows soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division through training, D-Day ...