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...

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

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...

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...

On the flight back to Italy after the harrowing mission to Linz on 25 April 1945, Staff Sergeant Bill Gorrall had watched a defeated...

Famed TV writer and producer Norman Lear passed away on December 5, 2023, at age 101. While most celebrations of his life have focused on...

I had to make tough editorial choices for Bombing Hitler's Hometown, given how much research material I collected. Here's a story I found...

In Bombing Hitler's Hometown , I discuss how dozens of survivors of the last mass bombing raid of WWII in Europe were returned to...

When the 485th Bomb Group arrived at Venosa airfield, Italy, in February 1944 to begin combat operations, it had 72 B-24 Liberator...

One of the most difficult editorial decisions I had to make for Bombing Hitler's Hometown was to cut the passage about my buddy, Ray...