•April 4, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
By Mike Shepherd
Hector Garcia was born in Llera, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on January 17,1914, to schoolteacher parents, Jose Garcia Garcia and Faustina Perez Garcia. The Mexican Revolution drove them from their homes in 1917 and his family legally immigrated to Mercedes, Texas.
Hector’s father, a teacher in Mexico, was not allowed to More »
•January 26, 2019 • Read Comments (7)
Relatively few U.S. generals lost their lives in World War II. More »
•January 21, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
A powerful typhoon wreaked havoc with the U.S. Navy’s task force 38 in December 1944. It would be followed shortly after by a second. More »
•January 18, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The U.S. Navy gunboat Panay was sunk by Japanese aircraft on the great Chinese river, pushing the two countries closer to war. More »
•January 15, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis meta tragic fate during the last days of World War II.
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•January 14, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
In an epic stand against overwhelming odds, Taffy 3 held off a powerful Japanese task force during the battle of Leyte Gulf. More »
•January 13, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
A little-known battle at an important roadblock in Germany was the perfect assignment for the 5th Ranger Battalion. More »
•January 11, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
When the Japanese invaded America’s Pacific outpost in the Philippines, thousands of U.S. troops and there brave Filipino allies were doomed. More »
•January 10, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Japanese attacks on airfields in the Marianas to counter U.S. B-29 bombing raids on the mainland would eventually lead to the invasion of Iwo Jima. More »
•January 7, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Air Corps officer Ed Dyess fought the Japanese in the Philippines, escaped from a POW camp, and gave his life to save those of others. More »
