In the summer of 1944, the Allied advance in Normandy was stalled not by the German army, but by the landscape itself—ancient ...

"Third Army was responsible for training all the forces throughout the Southeast, from Texas to the Carolinas," Clauss said. "But then the storm clouds were brewing in Europe." On New Years’ Eve 1943, ...

It was a bitterly cold March day, and the 300 men who were to serve on General Patton's Third Army staff were all standing outside, waiting for him. Suddenly a voice announced, "The Army commander!" ...