World War II – October 2019

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OCTOBER 2019

ENDORSED BY

THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM, INC.

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FEATURES

COVER STORY

28 IN EVIL’S FOOTSTEPS

An ABC News correspondent recalls his hunt for the Nazis’

“Angel of Death,” Josef Mengele JOHN MARTIN

38 THE TWO BATTLES OF BUNA

One became the first victory of the war by an American ground

commander. The other was more personal JOHN C. MCMANUS

WEAPONS MANUAL

48 JACK OF ALL TRADES

America’s versatile PT boat

50 FINAL RECKONING

B-24 Hot Stuff completed 31 missions, and its crew prepared for

a hero’s trip home. Fate had other ideas JOSEPH CONNOR

PORTFOLIO

58 BRUSH WITH DEATH

An artist’s foxhole-level view of war in the South Pacific

64 AMERICAN SUBS—WHERE?

For Submarine Squadron 50, an Atlantic Ocean hunting ground

didn’t spell success STEVEN TRENT SMITH

DEPARTMENTS

8 MAIL

10 WORLD WAR II TODAY

20 CONVERSATION

Sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer on her Holocaust losses

22 FROM THE FOOTLOCKER

24 TRAVEL

The U-boat pens at Lorient, France

70 REVIEWS

The Volunteer; Admiral Leahy bio; Wolfpack computer game

76 BATTLE FILMS

All Quiet on the Western Front had some critics of note

79 CHALLENGE

80 FAMILIAR FACE