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Battling for Bougainville

To neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul, American troops would need to take Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.

13 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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“Butch” O’Hare: the Original Top Gun

Navy ace “Butch” O’Hare won the Medal of Honor taking on eight Japanese torpedo bombers singlehandedly to protect his ship, USS Lexington. He flew his last combat mission 21 months later.

13 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Greatest Disaster

Defeat in the Battle of Savo Island was a stunning blow to Allied naval forces off Guadalcanal.

12 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Steep Typhoon at Okinawa

The savage final land battle between “the eagle and the sun” was America’s longest and bloodiest campaign in the Pacific Theater.

12 January 2019

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Deadly Dash Forward

Japanese parachute forces mounted an assault on the island of Sumatra soon after Pearl Harbor.

12 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Rising Sun, Descending Darkness

When the Japanese invaded America’s Pacific outpost in the Philippines, thousands of U.S. troops and their brave Filipino allies were doomed.

11 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Hellish Battle in a Tropical Paradise

While not as well known as some of the bigger battles fought for Pacific islands during World War II, the 1944 battle for Eniwetok Atoll was every bit as brutal.

11 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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How Capitalism Won WWII: This Is Capitalism and Expert Rob Citino Explain

We interviewed Expert Dr. Rob Citino from the WWII Museum in New Orleans on the museum’s collaborative video project with This Is Capitalism.

10 January 2019

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USS Lexington: A Lady to the End

The aircraft carrier USS Lexington waged a gallant war in the Pacific against the Imperial Japanese Navy.

10 January 2019

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The Last Fighter Pilot: An Account of the Final Combat Mission of World War Two

Captain Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of WWII on the morning of August 15, 1945, out of Iwo Jima.

8 January 2019

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When Japan Invaded America

To the Japanese, the Aleutian Islands looked like the perfect stepping stones to America’s West Coast. Neither side expected the difficulties these islands would represent.

7 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The USS Laffey Survived Waves of Kamikazes Off Okinawa

Battered by devastating kamikaze strikes off Okinawa, the crew of the destroyer USS Laffey fought heroically to save their lives and their ship.

6 January 2019

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The Nevada and I Survived the War

A former sailor recalls his ship’s participation in some of the most momentous events of World War II, from Pearl Harbor, to Normandy, to Iwo Jima.

5 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Battle of Peleliu: Shocked Beyond Imagination

On the eve of the Battle of Peleliu, the Marines were told it would be “very tough but very short.” Unfortunately, it would prove to be one of the bloodiest and most neglected battles of the Pacific War.

4 January 2019

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The Men Against the Bomb

Development and testing of the word’s first atomic bomb and the decision to use it against Japan were marked by heated debate about the consequences.

31 December 2018

Carl Gnam

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