The Uncommon Valor of the Marines on Iwo Jima
•April 18, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The United States 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine divisions faced their sternest trials by fire in the month long battle to take the island of Iwo Jima. More »
•April 18, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The United States 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine divisions faced their sternest trials by fire in the month long battle to take the island of Iwo Jima. More »
•November 8, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Capturing an important airfield was why two Marine divisions, along with a U.S. Army division, were landed on the island of Saipan. More »
•October 16, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Defeat in the Battle of Savo Island was a stunning blow to Allied naval forces off Guadalcanal. More »
•June 7, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
In the opening hours of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, an American Patrol Plane as unable to transmit the location of the Japanese fleet. More »
•April 14, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
An American task force caught the Japanese sleeping at Guadalcanal, but the enemy quickly sprang into action to repel the invasion. More »
•March 6, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
The first naval battle of Savo Island gave the U.S. Navy its worst defeat. More »
•February 2, 2017 • 1 Comment
The Chance-Vought F4U Corsair proved a scourge of Japanese aircraft in the Pacific. More »
•January 26, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
On May 11, 1945, the destroyer USS Hugh W. Hadley survived a series of Kamikaze attacks off Okinawa but was shattered in the process. More »
•January 26, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
The American 193rd Tank Battalion played a pivotal role in the capture of Makin in the Pacific in 1943. More »
•January 24, 2017 • Read Comments (2)
Two generals, one in the U.S. Marine Corps and the other in the Army, were embroiled in a controversy that began during the effort to capture Saipan. More »
