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Post-WWII Surplus Harleys, Cheap Transports For “Willy And Their Boys”

Guest Blog By Hans Weisman! In this DAKOTA HUNTER BLOG, you will read about another lifetime passion of mine: the Harley Davidson Motorcycle. As a prelude,…

Echo of Infamy – The Little Known Second Attack on Pearl Harbor, March 4, 1942

War History Online presents this Guest Article by Thomas D. Pilsch With great solemnity and reverence, America observed the 75th anniversary of the devastating December…

Where Patton Awarded McAuliffe: The 101st Airborne HQ Chateau in Bastogne Revisited

In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will read about an insane plan that the Germans deployed in a final effort to break the imminent Allied…

U-570 – The Only Ship To Be Captured By An Aircraft

Greg Jackson

There were many extraordinary events in the Battle of the Atlantic, the contest between the Germans and the Allies for control of the sea lanes,…

My father’s story began early on the morning of April 29th, 1944: Tragedy At Sea – The Untold Story Of PT347, PT350 & PT346 – Sunk By Friendly Fire

Daniel Williams writes: My father’s story began early on the morning of April 29th, 1944 when during a mission aboard PT347 along with the PT350 to…

Not Often Spoken Of – Australia’s WWII Lend-Lease Program

On January 10, 1941, Draft H.R. 1776 – the “Lend-Lease Bill” was presented to the United States Congress. Under the proposed act, the President of…

Echo of Infamy – The Little Known Second Attack on Pearl Harbor, March 4, 1942

War History Online presents this Guest Article by Thomas D. Pilsch With great solemnity and reverence, America observed the 75th anniversary of the devastating December…

U-570 – The Only Ship To Be Captured By An Aircraft

There were many extraordinary events in the Battle of the Atlantic, the contest between the Germans and the Allies for control of the sea lanes,…

The Dakota Hunter: Ghosts of the Gooney Bird, a magnificent series of photos of the legendary DC-3 Dakota in her final glory

War History Online presents this Guest Piece by Hans Weisman During my multiple expeditions since 1990 in search of the legendary Gooney Bird, I ran…

Marianas, That B-29’s Fixed Aircraft Carrier In The Pacific Was Built 73 Years Ago

In this DAKOTA HUNTER Blog, you will see photos of the USAAF Boeing B-29 Superfortress Fleet departing from theMarianas Islands for the Bombing of Japan…

The Dakota Hunter: Nippon’s 2nd attack plan on US, Genesis of Alaska Highway 1942

War History Online presents this Guest Piece by Hans Weisman Right after the successful Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor/ Hawaii on Dec 7, 1941, many…

The Martin PBM Mariner was the Accident-Prone Forerunner Of The 2016 Oshkosh Star Martin Mars

In this DAKOTA HUNTER Blog, you will read the story and see the photos of the somewhat forgotten Martin PBM Mariner. A less successful forerunner…