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World War II 2005 December Magazine Pearl Harbor Normandy US NAyv destroyer
World War II December 2005
CONTENTS
30 Hell in the Hedgerows By Mark y. Reardon When he hurled the elite Panzer Lehr division at GIs approaching St. Lin July 1944, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel discovered that his opponents could use the Norman hedgerows as effectively as his own men could.
40 `Don't Shoot, We're Republicans!' By Gregory A. Freeman Almost torpedoing the battleship carrying President Franklin Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference was not the first misadventure of the ill-fated "Willie Dee."
46 In the Crosshairs of the Japanese Interview by Randy Young After discovering that he was prone to seasickness, radioman Harry Meade requested a transfer to the Navy's aviation section. His first assignment was to the naval air station at Pearl Harbor's Ford Island.
54 Warriors to the End: The Japanese Defense of Peleliu By Edward J. Drea In autumn of 1944, a relatively unknown Japanese colonel carried out his orders to hold Peleliu to the last man. In the process, he earned the unstinting admiration of his fellow soldiers and the gratitude of his emperor.
6 EDITORIAL
8 COMMUNIQU
12 COMMANDS By Fred Taeger 749th Tank Battalion
14 ONE CHILD'S WAR Nicholas Rotondo
18 WORLD WAR II TODAY By David Leak
22 PERSPECTIVES By R.A. Cymerman A young radio operator found himself trapped inside the capsized USS Oklahoma during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
28 PERSONALITY By Herb Kugel Winston Churchill said that had it not been for the actions of one brave Canadian pilot, the war could well have been lost.
62 UNDERCOVER By Glenn Barnett In 1940 author Joseph Barber Jr. predicted that Pearl Harbor would play a key role in a war with Japan.
68 ARMAMENT By David Lesjak I-401 was one of just a handful of subs built by the Japanese as "underwater aircraft carriers."
76 REVIEWS By Robert Citino
86 WWII MARKETPLACE
90 ALMANAC By Jim Sutton
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