Crossing the Rhine: The Bridge at Remagen
The 9th Armored Division’s thrust across the Rhine on March 7, 1945 caught everyone off guard, war correspondents included.
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PT-109: John F. Kennedy fights to survive in the Solomons
John F. Kennedy’s heroic brush with death aboard the PT-109 in August 1943 put him in the spotlight, and he soon carved out a public persona of his own.
Read moreUSS Bunker Hill kamikaze attack: ‘Now It Can Be Told’
The USS Bunker Hill suffered heavy damage and lost hundreds of men in a May 11, 1945 kamikaze attack. It would be more than six weeks before censorship restrictions were lifted, allowing publication of a stunning eyewitness report.
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World War II on Deadline 