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Japanese Sneak Attack on Sydney Harbor
The year 1942 was one of crisis for the Allied cause in the South Pacific. Until May, almost everything had gone in favor of Imperial Japan. Read more
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Japanese Atrocities at Los Baños
By Donald J. Roberts IIWithin a week of the Los Baños raid, paratroopers from Burgess’s 1st Battalion moved back into the Los Baños area to occupy the region. Read more
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Chester Nez, Last Original Navajo Code Talker, Dies at 93
Chester Nez was born on January 23, 1921, in Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico to the Navajo “Black Sheep Clan.” This was a difficult time for the Navajo Nation, and tensions were tough between the U.S. Read more
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Before M*A*S*H: Portable Army Surgical Hospitals in World War II
by Glen BarnettMobile Army Surgical Hospitals, or M*A*S*H units, were popularized by Richard Hooker’s novel series, the 1970 film starring Donald Southerland and of course the long-running television show starring Alan Alda. Read more
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The Fall of Malaya: Japanese Blitzkrieg on Singapore
By David H. Lippman“The moon like a tray was sinking in the western sea and the deep red sun showed its face to the east. Read more
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USS Hugh W. Hadley: Surviving the Kamikazes of Okinawa
By Michael E. HaskewOnly 340 miles from the home island of Kyushu, the final objective of the American military surge across the Pacific during World War II, short of an invasion of Japan itself, was Okinawa in the Ryukyu archipelago. Read more
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New Mexico: Atomic Spy Capital
By Richard HigginsNew Mexico and its capital of Santa Fe bring to mind some beautiful images. Stunning sunsets, unlimited vistas, a plethora of art galleries, the spectacular food enlivened with the local green chile, an ancient Native American culture that still thrives, and a Spanish heritage tradition going back to within 50 years of Columbus’s arrival all make for a unique cultural and physical environment. Read more
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“I Survived the USS Franklin Inferno”
By George F. Black, as told to Howard DunbarOn March 19, 1945, the Essex-class carrier USS Franklin (CV-13), dubbed “Big Ben,” lay 50 miles off Honshu, one of Japan’s Home Islands. Read more
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Bridge House Hotel: Crimes of the Kempeitai in Shanghai
By Eric NiderostBy the 1930s, Shanghai was already a legend in its own time––the most modern, populous, and decadent city in China. Read more
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The Kempeitai: Japan’s Dreaded “Gestapo”
By Eric NiderostIn Western countries, “military police” are associated in the public mind with keeping order among off-duty personnel, such as arresting drunken servicemen. Read more
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When Did World War I End?
by Mike HaskewAt least ostensibly, World War I ended first with the cessation of armed hostilities between the warring powers at the famed “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month,” that is November 11, 1918. Read more
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Ford’s Willow Run Factory
By Samantha L. QuigleyThey said it couldn’t be done. Doubters chided Henry Ford for declaring that his Willow Run Bomber Plant could turn out a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber every hour. Read more
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The U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 4th Marine Divisions: Uncommon Valor at Iwo Jima
By Nathan N. Prefer“You know,” said Marine Maj. Gen. Clifton B. Cates to a war correspondent on the eve of Operation Detachment, the invasion of Iwo Jima, “if I knew the name of the man on the extreme right of the right-hand squad of the right-hand company of the right-hand battalion, I’d recommend him for a medal before we go in.” Read more
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Hideki Tojo vs Isoroku Yamamoto: Conflict in the Military Ranks
By Eric HammelThree generations of Americans wrongly believe that General Hideki Tojo and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto were equally culpable in starting the Pacific War. Read more
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Battle of Tarawa: Don Crain and the First Marine LVT Assault
By Durk SteedHe wore the clothes of one of Tarawa’s most well-known and decorated heroes, but his name will not be found in any history book. Read more
