On the sixteenth anniversary of his death, we revisit the heroism of Sgt. Monte B. White.

I interviewed more than fifty veterans for Bombing Hitler's Hometown , but, sadly, I couldn't use every story I collected. Please enjoy...

Achilles Kozakis is one of the most memorable figures in Bombing Hitler's Hometown , and I was fortunate to call him my friend. Even...

I am a lucky man. This journey that I started so many years ago to tell the story of the final Linz mission continues. I have connected...

Eighty years ago this month, the dust was still settling from the conclusion of the war in Europe. This story from the war's closing...

An update to last year's Memorial Day tribute to Jonas Strickland, who made the ultimate sacrifice over Linz on 25 April 1945.

One of the things that sets Bombing Hitler's Hometown apart from most other books about the air war is that I weave in the stories of...

Twenty-eight American airmen lost their lives on the 25 April 1945 bombing raid on Linz, Austria. Due to tough editorial choices that had...

In Bombing Hitler's Hometown (page 229), we read a poem from Mrs. M. Gajnak included in a letter to my grandmother, Harriet Croissant....

Tom Bullock “We were on the bomb run, and we noticed that the anti-aircraft fire from the ground was very accurate,” First Lieutenant Tom...

Days after the 25 April 1945 bombing raid on Linz, Combat Command A (CCA) of the US Army’s 11th Armored Division was advancing on the...

I had the pleasure of talking to Paul Loeffler, the man behind Hometown Heroes Radio, on March 20, and the interview, my first for...

I'm in my first commercial! Well, I'm not personally in it, but my book is. Check out the first minute or so of this great podcast, which...

The harrowing tale of the 25 April 1945 mission to Linz, Austria, as experienced by 483rd Bomb Group pilot James E. Miller.

I have composed and released three new YouTube Shorts videos to go along with Bombing Hitler's Hometown. I hope you enjoy them!

When my uncle Ellsworth was killed in a plane crash in September 1945, my grandmother began writing letters to the families of the other...

Ken Becker, a navigator in the 99th Bomb Group, was my friend, and spending hours with him on the deck of his lakeside home in Wisconsin...

We are officially two months out from the publication of Bombing Hitler's Hometown. I am marking this milestone with a new blog post on...

I interviewed more than fifty survivors of the Linz mission of 25 April 1945, but I had to make some tough choices when it came to...

I have decided to start creating YouTube Shorts videos to promote Bombing Hitler's Hometown. Please check them out. More to follow soon.