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USS Franklin and Father O’Callahan

By Michael D. Hull

On March 3, 1945, the 27,100-ton aircraft carrier USS Franklin churned out of Pearl Harbor and headed westward for the war zone. Read more

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Junkers Ju-87 Stuka: What Made the Luftwaffe Vulture so Fearsome

By Michael D. Hull

One of the deadliest and most effective airplanes of the Axis powers, the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, owed its origin to a fearless World War I ace and, ironically, to innovative American aviation visionaries in the peaceful early 1930s. Read more

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise steams across the Pacific in mid-1941.

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The Battle Of Midway: Turning the Tide in the South Pacific

By John Wukovits

Rarely in the history of warfare had one nation absorbed such numbing losses in so rapid a time as did the United States in the Pacific War’s first five months. Read more

An SBD flies over the environs of Norfolk, Va. Visible are the split dive brakes at the trailing edge of the wing so important to the stability of the aircraft in a dive-bombing run on an enemy ship.

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The Douglas SBD “Dauntless” Dive-Bomber

By John D. Gresham

World War II gave us many stories of aerial warfare, men and their machines fighting their way to victory and glory in the name of humanity. Read more

Tenth in the line of British-built U-class submarines, HMS Upholder is seen riding outboard of HMS Urge at Lazaretto. In one of only two authenticated photos of Upholder, the submarine's high bow is prominent compared to the flush bow of HMS Urge.

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HMS Upholder Fought In Mediterranean To Defeat Rommel In North Africa

By Robert Barr Smith

She was a tiny vessel, not really designed for the dangers and hardships of war in far places and deep waters. Read more

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