February 2009
Hammering the holy mountain
Crowning a German line protecting Rome, Monte Cassino?s ancient abbey tormented US generals who knew they would end up bombing it. By Eric Ethier
Our man in Hitler's Reich
Fritz Kolbe thought of running away when Nazi cruelty took hold of Germany in the 1930s. Then he decided to stay?as a valuable Allied spy. By Kevin Morrow
Blood at the front
As American fighting men bled on the front lines of a global war, people on the home front gave their blood to save them. By Tom Huntington
A voice for peace goes to war
Playwright and FDR speechwriter Robert Sherwood was against war—until Adolf Hitler came along. Then he became a US war propagandist. By Mark Weisenmiller
To top it off, conquer Europe with a combat engineer, see Washington State's best flying collection, and get our editor's opinion on the blockbuster movie Valkyrie.
