General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
As the Japanese delegation stood on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, preparing to sign the documents that ended World War II, a large formation of Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers swooped low over Tokyo Bay as a reminder of the terrible destruction that had befallen their nation and turned Japan’s cities into ruins. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
By Nathan N. Prefer
In the months that led up to Doolittle’s raiders assembling to strike back at Tokyo, President Franklin D. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
In 1941 two events took place on opposite sides of the world that forever impacted the history of women in aviation. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces, was a man both driven and under great pressure in the spring and early summer of 1942. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
Major Sam P. Bakshas woke up that morning with the secrets in his head. He was one of the men flying B-29 Superfortress bombers from three Pacific islands—Guam, Saipan, and Tinian. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
The Eighth Air Force—the “Mighty Eighth”—became the stuff of U.S. Air Force legend when its fleets of unprotected Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” heavy bombers flew massive air raids against the heavily guarded German industrial heartland during the period between the end of January through the middle of October 1943. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
“Am over enemy submarine in position …”
Cut off in mid-transmission, this contact report came from a U.S. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
The ferocious battle for the island of Saipan in the Marianas was won by U.S. Marines and U.S. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
Watching his forces prepare to attack the Union Army at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863, Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson commented to an aide, “The Institute will be heard from today.” Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
During World War II British and American aircraft carriers, serviced and ready for naval combat, averaged 20,000 to 30,000 tons. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
Early on the morning of December 16, 1944, the commander of the U.S. 406th Artillery Group, Colonel George Axelson, had a difficult decision to make. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
Stephen Pierce Duggan, Jr., wanted to be a United States Marine. When the United States entered World War II, Steve was all set to do his part. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
As the landing craft carrying the invading Allied ground forces of Operation Overlord motored toward the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944, they were protected and supported by the largest aerial armada the world has ever seen. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
In the popular history of World War II, the assertion that the United States was caught unprepared in Hawaii and the Philippines has become widely accepted as fact. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
The first good news in the war for the United States had been the Doolittle Raid on April 18. Read more
General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
Superficially, Phil Cochran personified the WWII fighter pilot, a combat daredevil, nonchalant about the niceties of rank and zealous in pursuit of what he called “chicks.” Read more
