Bear And the Eagle Prologue
January 19, 1993 Bladensburg, Maryland 7:42 AM Local Time A sunny sky shone over the landscape, a rare gem of the typical January weather in the capital’s outskirts, as the roads into the District of Columbia became packed with vehicles headed...
Falkland Spring Prologue
**Outskirts of Gleason, Wisconsin September 18, 1981 5:58 PM** The black Fairlaine came to a stop at the terminus of the dirt driveway, right in front of a two-story farmhouse that was flanked by a cow pasture on one side and woods on the...
Monitor Battle
Casimir Janeczek grunted as he helped load another shell into the four-inch gun he was crewing, the thunderous sound of the _Davenport_’s twelve-inch main guns, firing at the Confederate ships three miles upriver, causing him to flinch every time they...
Kripo
**April 10, 1964** The night’s sleep had been pleasant and Hans Decher was snuggled up with his wife Ilse for the first time in what felt like ages. He could hear the soft patter of rain on the window behind the bed frame - along with the...
Pathfinder
**June 5 1944** **RAF North Witham** **County Lincolnshire, England** Dusk had settled, the sun was well beyond the horizon and the sars of the Airborne’s “Pathfinder School” were preparing for battle, laden with gear and looking like walking burlap...
A Day of Infamy
**December 7, 1941 Lower Decks of the Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu** It was a calm winter night in the North Pacific as the Japanese battle fleet began making preparations for their planned attack, months in the making and the result of a...