VP-16 and Operation Forager
•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 »
•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 »
•May 30, 2017 • 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 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 »
•January 23, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
The 4th Marine Division experienced enemy action for the first time during the fight for the Japanese-held islands of Roi and Namur in the Marshall’s. More »
•December 13, 2016 • Be the First to Comment
Eight-square-mile Iwo Jima became the focus for some of the most intense fighting of World War II. More »
