World War II July 2000 Volume 15 Number 2

World War II July 2000 Volume 15 Issue 2

Cover Story: D-Day Invasion, Firsthand Account, An American at Juno Beach

D-Day on Juno Beach by Robert E. Rogge

Despite the tremendous Allied triumph at Normandy, opinions still vary as to the importance of the contribution that the artificial Mulberry harbors made to that victory.

 

Feature Articles

30        Master of the Wild Boars

Colin D. Heaton

During his long career, German night-fighter ace Hajo Hermann earned the coveted Knight’s Cross with Swords and the sobriquet “Master of the Wild Boars.”

38        Project Mulberry

Rodman S. Schools

Despite the tremendous Allied triumph at Normandy, opinions still vary as to the importance of the contribution that the artificial Mulberry harbors made to that victory.

46        D-Day on Juno Beach

Robert E. Rogge

Among the men who waded ashore on June 6, 1944, at Juno Beach to the skirl of bagpipes was Robert E. Rogge, a young American volunteer in the 3rd Canadian Division.

54        The Great Silver Odyssey

William P. Endicott

At the nadir of American fortunes in the Philippines, a group of American divers kept a hoard of silver out of Japanese hands and laid the groundwork for one of the greatest treasure hunts of World War II.

Magazine Condition: Used Like New

 

Pages are clean and tight.  Address label on front cover.