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Mrs. Sullivan’s Worst Nightmare

When all five sons of Alleta Sullivan joined the navy right after Pearl Harbor, they insisted on serving aboard the same ship. Then came the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. By Michael D. Hull

Breaking Point of the Century

On 1944’s last day, a German onslaught sat poised to strike the 100th “Century” Division. If the Century line broke, an entire US army was at risk. By Edward G. Longacre

Papa and the French Guerrillas

War fascinated Ernest Hemingway. He obsessed about it. He wrote about it. Late in World War II, he jumped right in the middle of it—as a spy. By Nicholas Reynolds

Air War over the Coral Sea

Seventy-five years ago, for the first time ever, two opposing armadas dueled at sea without ever seeing one another’s ships. The age of naval air power had dawned. America in WWII Photo Essay

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Dropped onto the Rock

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Memories from the War Years

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A Pop Diva Born and Bred

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A Calendar of Present-Day Happenings

GIs

The Invader