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A Relic of the Pacific Theater

This award-winning photograph of a fallen Japanese plane was taken by Tony Cherbas off the coast of Palau.

4 February 2019

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Building the B-29 Superfortress Bomber

B-29 bombers built in Georgia helped the United States win the war with Japan. The first 16 of the more than 600 Superfortresses built at the plant were assembled mostly by hand in early November 1943.

4 February 2019

Carl Gnam

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Combat Photographers: Shooting the War

Much of what we know about World War II comes from the visual images taken by combat photographers. Countless photographers were killed or wounded trying to cover the action, so people at home would know what the war was really about.

4 February 2019

Carl Gnam

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USS Hugh W. Hadley: Surviving the Kamikazes of Okinawa

On May 11, 1945, the destroyer USS Hugh W. Hadley survived a series of Kamikaze attacks off Okinawa but was shattered in the process.

27 January 2019

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New Mexico: Atomic Spy Capital

During he 1930s and 1940s, America’s top secret A-bomb program was undergoing scrutiny from our enemies and allies.

27 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Takeo Yoshikawa and the Spies Behind the Pearl Harbor Attack

The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, benefited from the firsthand observation of spies on Oahu.

27 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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“I Survived the USS Franklin Inferno”

A “Big Ben” crewman recounts his brush with death—and the loss of so many friends.

27 January 2019

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SCR-300 WW2 Radio Backpack: The “Walkie Talkie” That Shaped the War

The development of the U.S. Army’s “Walkie-Talkie” SCR-300 backpack radio was a game-changer for frontline troops.

26 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Bridge House Hotel: Crimes of the Kempeitai in Shanghai

Shanghai’s infamous Bridge House Hotel was a place of torture and death for untold numbers of Chinese and Allied prisoners.

26 January 2019

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The Kempeitai: Japan’s Dreaded “Gestapo”

The Kempeitai were the military police of the Japanese Imperial Army. Literally translated, the name means “Law Soldier Regiment.” Westerners of 1930s generally called them “gendarmerie”

26 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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U.S. Army Heritage Museum

More than a century of American military history.

25 January 2019

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Heroic Fight for Wake Island

The battle for Wake Island was one of America’s earliest encounters with the Japanese. A small band of American Marine aviators courageously held the enemy at bay until the very end.

25 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 4th Marine Divisions: Uncommon Valor at Iwo Jima

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.

23 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Best Books of 2018

Clifton Cates was a tenacious Marine in World War I who rose through the ranks to become commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.

22 January 2019

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Battle of Tarawa: Don Crain and the First Marine LVT Assault

Don Crain and the 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion were among the first wave of Marines to hit Red Beach 2 at Tarawa.

22 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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