Pacific Theater Archives - Page 8 of 25

The Yorktown Diary of Ed Reynolds

A son finds his late father’s diary that details war at sea aboard a legendary aircraft carrier.

27 December 2018

Carl Gnam

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From the Philippines to Borneo: A PT Boat Skipper’s Life

Lieutenant Hank Blake recalls PT-375’s adventures and the Japanese surrender at Borneo.

27 December 2018

Carl Gnam

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Doughboy White: The Lost Battalion of Leyte

In October 1944, a battalion of the U.S. 24th Infantry Division, cut off and running out of ammunition, gave the Japanese all they could handle.

27 December 2018

Carl Gnam

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Pathfinder Fire Storm: the B-29s Over Tokyo That Helped End the War

The Great B-29 Tokyo Firebomb Mission of March 1945 killed more than 100,000 Japanese but may have won the war in the Pacific.

27 December 2018

Carl Gnam

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Marine Air Power in the Philippines

The Marines found little use for their air arm in 1944, the Army gladly accepted their help for the invasion of Leyte.

27 December 2018

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Kiwis Over the Pacific: The RNZAF in World War II

The Royal New Zealand Air Force played a pivotal role in the war against Japan.

27 December 2018

Carl Gnam

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Shootout in the “Slingshot”: First Day of the Guadalcanal Campaign

An American task force caught the Japanese sleeping at Guadalcanal, but the enemy quickly sprang into action to repel the invasion.

26 December 2018

Carl Gnam

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Voices of the Axis: The Radio Personalities of Fascist Propaganda

Axis Sally, Tokyo Rose, and Lord Haw-Haw used propaganda to influence troop morale—to little effect.

26 December 2018

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Holding New Guinea: A First Defeat For Japan’s Land Forces

The courage of Australia’s troops was tested to the maximum in the desperate struggle to hold New Guinea.

26 December 2018

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Liberating Guam

The island in the Marianas had been U.S. territory for nearly half a century when it was overrun by the Japanese in 1941.

25 December 2018

Carl Gnam

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Battleship Cove and the USS Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ Battleship Cove is a fitting tribute to U.S. Navy sailors.

25 December 2018

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The Airborne Defenders of Midway

Outnumbered and flying obsolete aircraft, U.S. Marine aviators at the outpost atoll of Midway sacrificed themselves to halt the Japanese juggernaut.

25 December 2018

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West Point Museum and Hyde Park: New York’s Greatest Military History Museums

America’s first military museum and FDR's historic home are the two military history sites in New York State that you shouldn't miss.

25 December 2018

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The Silent Service: A Submariner Aboard the USS Seal

An American submariner tells what it was like to face death and survive in the underwater war.

25 December 2018

Carl Gnam

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Battle of Midway: Story of a Yorktown Survivor

A young sailor aboard the doomed carrier Yorktown recounts the battle that sank the ship and almost cost him his life.

24 December 2018

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