HeyJaredWWII Stories for the Record
Unexpected perspectives and under-known histories from WWII, the Holocaust, and beyond—from journalist Katie S. Sanders, co-author of Ortiz's War: The Allies' Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France (August 2026)
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My latest for NatGeo: The American Marine who sketched a German POW Camp (opens the original)
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This American Marine made Nazis toast to FDR (opens the original)
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The WWII Recommendation Project: Alex Dekker on Desert Heist and real-life special ops (opens the original)
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It’s been an exciting few weeks for Alex Dekker, a former Green Beret and the author of the new thriller Desert Heist. Just out from Simon & Schuster’s Atria/Emily Bestler Books, it’s a really fun read. Alex is a big history buff. Let the record show that he named his German shepherd Donovan after Office of Strategic Services (OSS) director Gen. William “Wild Bill” Donovan.<div class="preambl
The WWII Recommendation Project: Jan Cress Dondi on why you should watch Memphis Belle (opens the original)
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I wasn’t convinced anyone was as obsessed as I was with their family history as it relates to B-24 Liberators during World War II until I started seeing Instagram posts from (see: @b24navigators), whose book The Navigator’s Letter came out in February.In Jan, I found a kindred spirit: a determined, nerdy-about-history descendant of USAAF airmen who served and sacrificed from the very cramped confines of B-24 Liberators and the skies of
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