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BAND OF BROTHERS
Easy Company
Combat
Veteran
SPECIAL FORCES
Saga of the
Devil’s
Brigade
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ARMORED
Leading the
Normandy
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
The invasion of southern France took place
75 years ago.
08 Profiles
Lucian K. Truscott served in the U.S. Army for
30 years and became one of the outstanding
combat commanders of World War II.
16 Ordnance
Escort carriers became an essential part of
American and British naval capability in
World War II.
24 Insight
Japanese sources shed light on the Makin
Raid conducted by Carlson’s Marine Raiders
in 1942.
28 Top Secret
Striking at the heart of the Royal Navy, Ger-
man U-boat commander Günther Prien was
audacious, but did he have help?
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72 Books
Vasiliy Krysov survived combat with German
tanks on the Eastern Front, including the
vaunted Tiger.
Features
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Easy Company Mortarman Part 1
Paratrooper Private Bradford Freeman from the famed “Band of Brothers” recalls
fighting in Normandy and the Netherlands.
By Kevin M. Hymel
76 Simulation Gaming
Air Conflicts Collection
brings dogfighting to
Switch, and
Railway Empire: Germany
paves
the way for locomotive domination.
Cover: Paratroopers
from the 101st Airborne
wait for their transport
plane to depart for the
jump over Holland dur-
ing Operation Market
Garden, September 17,
1944.
See story page 32.
Photo: National Archives
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Through the Lens of the Desert Fox
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famed German commander in North Africa and
Western Europe, was also an avid photographer.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
BAND OF BROTHERS
Easy Company
Combat
Veteran
SPECIAL FORCES
Saga of the
The Black Devils of World War II
The 1st Special Service Force gained its place in history with daring exploits in
combat in France and Italy.
By Michael D. Hull
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of Rudolf Hess
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The Strange Case
of the Third Reich spent most of his life in prison after a
The former Deputy Führer
supposed peace-seeking flight in 1941 and died under mysterious conditions.
By Bob Gordon
64
Get a Move On!
An aggressive armored reconaissance battalion leads the Allied breakout from the
Normandy beachhead.
By Patrick J. Chaisson
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