by Jack Woodville London | Sep 24, 2011 | The Letter Project
Corpsman Dickie was an aerial spotter in the air corps, which included machine gun as well as observation duties. He wrote this letter with strong hints about the armistice that would be declared two days later, an event that the officers in the line knew nothing... 
by Jack Woodville London | Sep 20, 2011 | Articles
Operation Market Garden, in 1944, was the largest airborne invasion in history, and it failed. General Montgomery brushed aside Eisenhower’s and others objections to his plan to sneak into Germany by capturing the Rhine bridge at Arnhem. It soon became clear... 
by Jack Woodville London | Sep 5, 2011 | On the Nightstand
‘Code Name Christiane Clouet’ is a memoir, written by Claire Chevrillon, a school teacher whose family fell afoul of the Germans in occupied Paris. Translated to English by Jane Kielty Stott and published by Texas A&M Press, this is the story of a woman who, after... 
by Jack Woodville London | Jul 15, 2011 | Articles
History and literature — for the past couple of weeks I have written (almost) daily notes on what happened on this day in history (usually military) or in literature (a la Sherlock Holmes and A Farewell to Arms). Before I move to other fields and pastures, I... by Jack Woodville London | Jul 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
American infantry, led by the 115th and 116th regimental combat teams of the 29th Infanty Division, pushed to within one mile of St. Lo, France, a crossroads city that would become known as The Capitol of the Ruins for the utter destruction leveled on it in the war....
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