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Patton’s
Race to
Bastogne
Brutal
Battle
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GREY GHOSTS OF GUADALCANAL
Marine Corps’
Night Fighters
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
Actor Leslie Howard died in a civilian passenger
plane shot down by Nazis 80 years ago.
10 Ordnance
The M3 Grant/Lee tank served as an interim solu-
tion as the more advanced M4 Sherman medium
tank design began to roll off the assembly line.
18 Profile
Field Marshal Archibald Wavell served in the Desert
War and in the China-Burma-India Theater.
26 Insight
Impending World War II pushed the development of
the Air Corps, Army Air Forces, and U.S. Air Force.
32 Top Secret
Actuary Frank Onstine helped Allied cryptanalysts
read critical intercepts of Axis weather reports.
68 Books
Large, sweeping tank battles were the hallmark of
World War II in North Africa.
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72 Simulation Gaming
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Cover: A 5th Infantry Divi-
sion soldier brushes snow
off the machine gun
mounted on his Jeep dur-
ing Third Army’s advance
to relieve Bastogne.
See story page 36. Photo:
National Archives
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Features
36 Patton’s Dual Drives
Spearheads of Third Army moved northward during the Battle of the Bulge to relieve the
Belgian town of Bastogne, passing through Echternach, Luxembourg.
By Kevin M. Hymel
Patton’s
Race to
Bastogne
Brutal
Battle
for
BERLIN
GREY GHOSTS OF GUADALCANAL
44 U.S. Coast Guard Goes to War
The U.S. Coast Guard played a key role during World War II,which has been some-
what overlooked through the years.
By Michael D. Hull
Marine Corps’
Night Fighters
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FROM ARMY AIR CORPS TO AIR FORCE,
SHORT-LIVED M3 TANK, AND MORE!
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52 Brawl for Berlin
The Red Army sustained heavy losses in its conquest of Berlin in the spring of 1945,
ending World War II in Europe.
By Michael E. Haskew
60 Grey Ghosts over the Solomons
The U.S. Marine Corps’ first night fighter squadron scored aerial victories against
Japanese intruders.
By Patrick J. Chaisson
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