On August 1st, 1944 pilot Major Charles Carpenter searched for a field suitable for the operations of the L-4 Grasshoppers near Avranches, France. He stumbled upon a friendly unit pinned by enemy fire ...

For a brief, terrifying moment, the crew of the M4A2 Sherman was ensnared in a chilling paralysis. An ominous silhouette of a Panzer IV rose before them, its gun barrel still smoking from the ...