WW2 HISTORY SEP 04 REGENSBURG & SCHWEINFURT_KOHIMA_MARKET GARDEN 101^st 82^nd AIRBORNE

Single Near-Mint Magazine Issue

Issue Table of Contents:

The Americans in Market Garden - Troopers of the U.S. 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions fought with distinction during the air-ground assault in the autumn of 1944.  Major General Michael Reynolds

That Great Bitter Battle - An understrength hodgepodge of British and Commonwealth troops held off an entire Japanese division in a crucial defense of the tiny hill station of Kohima. Robert Barr Smith

Daylight Bombing Gamble - Dual U.S. air raids against the German cities of Regensburg and Schweinfurt took heavy losses in August 1943. Richard Rule

Keep 'Em Flying! - Eighth Air Force ground crewmen kept the bombers aloft to destroy Hitler's Fortress Europa. Kevin M. Hymel

Coast Watchers in the Solomons - The daring exploits of dedicated island residents provided valuable intelligence during the long fight against the Japanese. John Brown

Loyal to Their Deaths - Members of the 2nd SS Division Das Reich sacrificed themselves to blunt a Red Army winter offensive at Rzhev. Ludwig Heinrich Dyck

The Execution of Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini

Ordnance: German Sturmgewehr MP-44 Assault Rifle

Profiles:  USMC Marine Lt Jack Power, CMOH on Namur