Episode 4 - Aerial Dogfights and Headhunters - The Amazing Story of Jefferson DeBlanc and the Battle for the Solomon Islands
In August 1942 the US launched its first major amphibious landing of WW 2 in the Solomon Islands. The battle became a bitter war of attrition as both sides fought feverishly for months on land, sea a...
7 Helmi 202523min
Episode 3 We're In the Army Now - America Goes to War in WW 2
In the aftermath of the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, and the declaration of war against Germany and Japan, millions of Americans didn't wait till their draft numbers were called upon. Th...
27 Tammi 202524min
Episode 2 World Set Afire - John McGoran's Day of Infamy aboard the USS California
As he looked into the USS California's CL compartment located on the ship's lower level, John McGoran "...saw pure horror, my first realization that the game was now for keeps. I saw bodies, many bod...
17 Tammi 202527min
Ep1 Iwo Jima Meatgrinder: John Snyder remembers Sgt. George Barlow
"You're not going to leave me here to die?" Sgt. George Barlow asked his buddy, John Snyder. Barlow had just saved the lives of everyone in his squad by throwing himself on a live grenade the Japanese...
10 Tammi 202511min
