The Royal Flush skidded to a halt with wounded crewmen aboard. Pilot Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal jumped out of his aircraft and headed for a debriefing, asking another officer who didn’t fly that day, “Are they all this rough?”
Alone, the bell is a small gift. But in the context of a global, world-changing moment, it becomes invaluable.
Part II of the story of the Hesse Heist focuses on the fate of the Hessen family and their estate.
In this clip, Erwin Blonder talks about how his unit was cut off by the Germans in France and isolated for days.
How a forceful German counterattack in February 1944 could not push back the Allied Anzio landing.
Join Captain Rick Jacobs as he discusses the three-sided battle in Sicily between the US Seventh Army, the British Eighth Army and the German XIV Panzer Corps in July 1943.
Not all soldiers fight with weapons. In World War II, some fought with pencils, brushes, and sketch pads.
Jam out at the musical finale of the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp’s weeklong workshop.