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Pacific News Minute: Solomon Islands still dealing with unexploded devices from WWII
It’s been over 80 years since the United States and Allied forces fought Japan in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Today, communities in the Solomon Islands are still dealing with the unexploded devices ...
100-year-old North Texas veteran, and Iwo Jima survivor, honored in Midlothian
John Boswell, one of the few remaining survivors of the battle of Iwo Jima, was inducted Wednesday in to the Texas Veterans ...
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Operation Barney: How WWII U.S. Navy Submarines Took Vengence on Japan
Operation Barney was conceptualized by Vice Admiral Lockwood to avenge the loss of Wahoo and her intrepid crew.
WWII troops took hammers to mosquitoes to battle pests and malaria
Malaria could be as dangerous to GIs in the Pacific theater of World War II as the enemy. To fight it, they used hammers and ...
80 years since one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II
80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...
After Pentagon temporarily purges references to Native American Code Talkers’ contributions to World War II, here’s a look back at their impact
As part of what an aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly called a "digital content refresh," many references on ...
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P-38 Lightning: The Backbone of America’s World War II Air Force
In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World ...
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USS Franklin veterans reunite to honor 80th anniversary of bombing
March 19th marks 80 years since the bombing of the USS Franklin off the coast of Japan during World War II. Veterans of the ...