Most Marines had never seen combat when Peter Ortiz joined the Corps in June 1942. However, he had already survived five years in the French Foreign Legion and fought in Africa, faced the Nazis in ...
Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new destroyer escort, USS Buckley, did just that by slugging it out in hand-to-hand combat with German sailors from U-66 in the middle of the Atlantic. For ...
The M10 Wolverine tank destroyer, famous for its role with U.S. and Allied forces during World War II, holds a remarkable and ...
The M6 Gun Motor Carriage was the United States’ first attempt at a tank destroyer during World War II, featuring a 37mm ...