Rachel S. Cox

Rachel S. Cox is the author of Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans WhoWent First to Fight the Nazi Army. She is at work on a biography ofJohn Gilbert Winant, America’s World War II ambassador to Britain.

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My American Uncle Fought and Died With the British In WWII

Seventy-five years ago, a small band of Americans fought in a British regiment at El Alamein, Egypt, a pivotal battle of World War II. Here’s why that still matters.

Rachel S. Cox