Shot Down
(2014) Shot Down by Steve Snyder is the true story of the Susan Ruth, a B-17 shot down over Belgium on February 8, 1944. ...
26
Oct
07
Oct
Bridge to the Sun
(1961) The true story of a young American girl from the South who in the 1930s marries a Japanese diplomat. Then war breaks out....
05
Oct
Albert N. McMahan
Albert McMahan flew B-17s both as tail gunner and ball turret gunner. He was the first person to personally tell me about life with the 306th Bomb Group at Thurleigh where both he and my Dad flew combat missions during World War II....
24
Sep
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
(2014) This PBS six part series is a fascinating history of the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the best known members of the most influential family of the 20th century. ...
03
Sep
Brass Target
(1978) The "Brass Target" is none other than General Patton in this mystery thriller. Are the allegations that Patton was assassinated true?...
12
Aug
Anatoli Granovsky
Anatoli Granovsky authored the 1962 book I Was an NKVD Agent. It is the story of his life growing up in the Soviet Union under Stalin....
09
Aug
The Hook
(1963) During the final days of the Korean War, three soldiers agonize over their orders to kill a prisoner....
28
Jul
Emperor
(2012) Emperor is a story about the postwar occupation of Japan and the fate of that country's revered Emperor Hirohito....
20
Jul
No Time for Sergeants
Favorite (1958) In this laugh-out-loud movie Andy Griffith plays Will Stockdale, a country boy from back-in-the-woods Georgia who gets drafted into the Army Air Forces. ...