Two Fronts, One War

War is the story of individuals painted into a broader tapestry of overpowering events. While examining the wider historical perspective to lay the foundation, this book relates the individual stories of the Second World War – of Allied bomber pilots shot down over Germany, of American dogfaces fighting to grip a toehold on Iwo Jima, of men struggling for survival during the Bataan Death March, of tankers in Europe and pilots who flew the first B-29s against Japan's mainland, of incredible feats of heroism and self-sacrifice, even of great wartime romances.

The author interviewed more than two dozen U.S. veterans for this book. Most of these stories have never before been published. Together, they provide a true account of what the war was really like for those individuals who actually fought it on the two main fronts of the war – Europe and the South Pacific.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Plates and Maps
• Foreword
• Dedication
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Japanese Victories
  • Saving Dorie Miller
  • Taking the Philippines
  • The March
• Chapter 2: Battle for the Aleutians
  • Bitter Cold
• Chapter 3: South Pacific Ordeal
  • Shark Attack
• Chapter 4: Mediterranean Battles
  • Scalps
  • Up Front
• Chapter 5: The Bombing of Germany
  • The Encounter
  • Paying the Price
  • Survivor
• Chapter 6: Prisoners of War
  • The Diary
• Chapter 7: Mediterranean Air Force
  • When Your Number Is Up
• Chapter 8: Invading Europe
  • Pray and Pass the Ammunition
  • Airborne Assault
  • McNasty
• Chapter 9: Pacific Island-Hopping
  • Marine Sergeant
• Chapter 10: Black Americans at War
  • Panther Battalion
• Chapter 11: Fighter Combat
  • Quapaw Squaw
• Chapter 12: Market Garden
  • A Bridge Too Far
• Chapter 13: The Battle of the Bulge
  • The Cross
  • Massacre at Wereth
• Chapter 14: Iwo Jima Ordeal
  • On the Island
• Chapter 15: Prisoners of the Japanese
  • The Raid
• Chapter 16: Love in War
  • Taffy and the Colonel
  • The End in Europe
• Chapter 17: Preparing for Armageddon
  • Keep ’Em Running
  • “Little Boy”
• Chapter 18: At the Bitter End
  • Too Late to Fight
  • Final Plans
  • The Last Air Raid
• Chapter 19: Ending the War
  • The Camp
• Chapter 20: Punishing the Guilty
  • Hangings at Nuremberg
• Afterword
• Bibliography