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Features

Surprise, America! You Are at War

As Germany, Japan, and Italy rallied their troops, Americans buried their heads in the sand. But war was coming to them, like it or not. By Brian John Murphy

Revenge of the Pearl Harbor Survivors

Something was missing when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor: America’s mighty aircraft carriers. Those battle-ready flattops would make Japan pay dearly. By John E. Nevola

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The Pacific Fleet Strikes Back

After surviving the Pearl Harbor raid unscathed, US aircraft carriers lead the counterattack against the Japanese. Things went well. But not everything.

From our Articles Archive

SQUADRON OF FURIES

Just after Pearl Harbor, a half-dozen PT boats were the US Navy’s only combat-ready force. They went at the Japanese with a vengeance—but at a terrible cost. By Joe Hinds.

Thunderbolts versus Tigers

German Tiger tanks were invincible–or so some people said. It took a clunky, heavy, jug-shaped fighter to prove them wrong. By Robert F. Dorr

Red, White, Blue, and Gold

Boeing made bombers. Ford made tanks. The TIffanys of the world managed to keep doing what they always did–make luxury items–but with a patriotic twist. By Gabrielle Kushlan

Departments

Kilroy Was Here

A note from our editor: "What Sort of Kilroy"

V-Mail

Letters from our readers

Home Front

The Philadelphia Experiment

Pinup

Virginia Mayo

 

The Funnies

Captain Flag

I Was There

Nurse at the Battle of the Bulge

From our Galleries Archive

ICY BATTLE OF THE BULGE

Here’s what it looked like when GIs battled two enemies–the Germans and a savage winter–to recover Belgian ground lost to blitzkrieg.

Landings

Liberty Park in the Netherlands

Link

Liberty Park Website

War Stories

Readers’ memories of the war

Flashbacks

Print ads from the war years

Books and Media

Our take on the latest releases

Theater of War

The 49th Parallel

78 RPM

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

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Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis

The star of the Wizard of Oz performs the classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in this movie clip from 1944.

WWII Events

A calendar of present-day happenings

GIs

"A K9 Soldier in Burma’s Jungle"