2008 – Autumn
Table of Contents:
Letter from the Editor
with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
Long before he served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Thomas Moorer lived through an amazing series of events during World War II that took him from Pearl Harbor to the wreckage of Hiroshima.
An interview with Christopher McQuarrie, co-writer and co-producer of the new World War II drama, VALKYRIE, coming to theaters in December 2008 and telling the story of Claus von Stauffenberg and the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944.
by Captain William R. Anderson
Following the launch of Sputnik 1 – the first man-made satellite – by the Russians in 1957, President Eisenhower was determined to put forth a demonstration that would prove the U.S. was still the technological equal of the Soviets. The result was the mission of the USS Nautilus to travel under the polar ice cap to the North Pole. Here, the captain of the Nautilus shares that epic story.
by Rufus Phillips
At a time when it is needed more than ever, we present an account from one Army’s earliest men on the ground in Vietnam and expert in counterinsurgency. His work brought him face to face with the major players of the era, including Presidents Kennedy and Diem, Ambassador Lodge, and General Taylor.
An excerpt from the American Veterans Center’s radio series Veterans Chronicles, profiling the story of U.S. Army Captain Walter Bryan Jackson, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
