Marine Dogs of World War II

Converted for the Web from “Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII” by William W. Putney
Less than twenty-four hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded Guam, an American possession. The small Pacific island, virtually defenseless, held out for only four days. For the next [...]

Despite its modern-day infamy, Legionella pneumophila might never have been found, if not for a celebration that took place in Philadelphia a quarter of a century ago.
Despite only having been identified some 25 years ago, Legionella pneumophila (the causative agent of Legionnaires’ Disease) is no new organism. Medical history is littered with evidence that this [...]

For years, Richard Sutter’s family thought he was the Marine in Frank Johnston’s Vietnam War photo. Now, Mike Tripp, above, has come forward to set the record straight.
It begins with two brave, frightened men, one behind a camera and one before the lens. They are in a darkling, hazy church in Vietnam and they are [...]

A father re-enlists in the marines and joins his son on the battlefield in Iraq.
“Wish You Were Here”
Kendall Phelps will never forget the morning two years ago when a picture popped up on his computer in his Silver Lake, Kansas, high school classroom. There stood Chris, his oldest son, in desert camouflage in front of [...]

On 9 August 1942, the starving musicians of Leningrad staged the most extraordinary concert ever given. With huge speakers pointing towards the German lines, the citizens of the blockaded city gathered to hear Shostakovich’s heroic Seventh Symphony. Almost 60 years later, Ed Vulliamy traces the orchestra’s few survivors to discover how the Nazi Panzers faced [...]