Under fire on guam
A grunt's view in photos
Book review
Overlord: The D-Day Landings
A chronicle of the start of the Normandy Invasion emphasizes military detail over story.
Book review
Masters and Commanders:
How Four Titans Won the War in the West
A giant book tells the story of the four giants who directed the Allied war effort: President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US General George Marshall, and British army chief Alan Brooke.
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Boogie woogie bounce
Uncle Sam kept hoping someone would turn out the WWII equivalent of the morale-boosting WWI anthem "Over There." It never happened. But the Andrews Sisters gave World War II a new type of theme song with their swinging "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."
Video: 'Boogie woogie bugle boy'
The Andrews Sisters perform in the 1941 Abbott and Costello movie Buck Privates.