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CMG 02313
82ND AIRBORNE
DESPERATE
D-DAY
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WWII HISTORY
OCTOBER 2021
Volume 20, No. 5
Hitler’s
Soviet
Blunder
B-24 Airman’s
Tale of Survival
U.S. Failure at the Bulge
OCTOBER 2021
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SPECIAL FORCES COMMANDER GEN. FREDERICK,
GERMAN U-BOAT CAPTURED,
U.S. DESTROYER IN JAPANESE SERVICE
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
Capturing
U-505
was a staggering blow
against the ravaging Wolfpacks.
08 Profile
General Frederick led the 1st Special Service
Force and the 45th Infantry Division during
World War II.
16 Ordnance
The American destroyer was captured in dry
dock and placed into service with the Imperi-
al Japanese Navy.
22 Top Secret
A colossal Allied intelligence failure preceded
the launch of the Ardennes Offensive in
December 1944, and the result was nearly
catastrophic.
28 Insight
Pilots performed specific tasks during World
War II. Many of them were civilian, non-com-
missioned and warrant officers, and women.
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74 Books
America’s top airmen fought a hard-war conflict
in the skies against Germany and Japan.
Features
32 Two Battles at Singapore’s Bukit Timah
By force of arms and bluster, General Tomoyuki Yamashita achieved a great victory
for Japan at Singapore in early 1942.
By Jon Diamond
80 Simulation Gaming
The sea awaits with demanding naval
strategy, and history mingles with alternate
possibilities.
Cover: American air-
borne trooper T/4
Joseph Gorenc enters
a C-47 headed to
Normandy on the night
of June 5-6, 1944.
See story page 40.
Photo: National
Archives.
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D-Day Airborne Stand at La Fière
Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne held the La Fière bridge against repeated German
attacks during the Normandy invasion.
By Christopher Miskimon
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50 An Airman’s Saga
Howard Linn, a waist gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator Bomber, survived being shot
down over Nazi Germany and taken prisoner.
By Allyn Vannoy
Blunder
B-24 Airman’s
Tale of Survival
U.S. Failure at the Bulge
SPECIAL FORCES COMMANDER GEN. FREDERICK,
GERMAN U-BOAT CAPTURED,
U.S. DESTROYER IN JAPANESE SERVICE
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56 Hitler’s Great Blunder
The Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 led to a catastrophe that eroded
the fighting strength of the German Army.
By Frank Johnson
66 Captured on the High Seas
A U.S. Navy task group under Captain Daniel V. Gallery took the German submarine
U-505
as a prize in 1944.
By Michael D. Hull
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