Military Historian and Author
Michael F. Dilley
Military History Articles
"Airborne Operation Frees 2000” in Impact (82d Airborne Division newspaper); October 1978
“British Raid German Radar Site” in Impact; November 1978
“Desert Operation Nets Big Payoff” in Impact; December 1978
“The Battle for Merville Battery in Impact; January 1979
“The Great Jeep Raid” in Behind The Lines; November-December 1992
“GALAHAD: The Entering Wedge” in Behind The Lines; January-February 1993
“Popski's Private Army” in Behind The Lines; March-April 1993
“GALAHAD: Roadblock at Walawbum” in Behind The Lines;· May-June 1993
“Rescue at Gran Sasso” in Behind The Lines; July-August 1993
“GALAHAD: Under Siege” in Behind The Lines; September-October 1993
“Rescue at Cabanatuan” in Behind The Lines; September-October 1993
“Popski's Private Army, Part II: Hide and Seek” in Behind The Lines; January-February 1994
“GALAHAD: The Final Battle” in Behind The Lines; July-August 1994
“Training the Alamo Scouts” in Behind The Lines; March-April 1995
“The Recon of Los Negros” (co-writer: Lance Q. Zedric) in Behind The Lines; May-June 1995 ​
​“Raid on Oransbari” (co-writer: Lance Q. Zedric) in Behind The Lines; November-December 1995
“Stealing Henry” in Behind The Lines; January-February 1996
"Operation Jaywick” in Behind The Lines; March-April 1996
“The Amphibious Scouts” in Behind The Lines; May-June 1996
“Breaking and Entering” in Behind The Lines; September-October 1996
“The Triple Nickel” in Behind The Lines; November-December 1996
“The Jedburgh Project” in Behind The Lines; March-April 1997
“The Raid to Kill Rommel” in Behind The Lines; May-June 1997
“Sumner Team at Pegun Island” in Behind The Lines; May-June 1997
“The Alamo Scouts: World War II's LURPs” in Patrolling; June 1997
“OSS Operations Groups” in Behind The Lines; Online Issue #1
“The Tragino Aqueduct Mission” in Behind The Lines; Online Issue #2
“Navajo Code Talkers” (co-writer: Lance Q. Zedric) in Behind The Lines; Online Issue #2
“Special Operations in the Revolutionary War” (co-writer: Lance Q. Zedric) in Behind The Lines; Online Issue #2
“Sumner Team at Pegun'Island” in www.alamoscouts.org; November 2001
“Recon on Los Negros” (co-writer: Lance Q. Zedric) in www.alamoscouts.org; May 2002
“The Battle for Termoli” (contributing writer) in www.warlinks.com/termoli; November 2002
“Raid on Oransbari” (co-writer: Lance Q. Zedric) in www.alamoscouts.org; January 2003
"A Short History of U.S. Airborne Units in World War II" in Tidbits; 21 August 2012, thereafter on 26 June each year
"History of the 218th Military Intelligence Detachment (Airborne)" (co-writer: Walter P. Kennedy, Jr.) in www.218thmidet.com; August 2012
"The Return of Rogers' Rangers" in www.militaryhistoryonline.com; January 2014
"Sabotaging Hitler's Heavy Water" in www.militaryhistoryonline.com; February 2014
"SAARF - Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force" in www.militaryhistoryonline.com; March 2014
"The Force at la Difensa" in www.militaryhistoryonline.com; March 2014
"American Airborne Units in World War II" in www.militaryhistoryonline.com; July 2014
"Sabotaging Hitler's Heavy Water" in www.waymarking.com; May 2017
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