World War II veteran who served in Pacific Theater dies at 98
Military honors for WWII veteran, Gilbert Nadeau, 98, were on Monday. The WWII Navy veteran survived kamikaze attacks in the ...
Remains of World War II veteran finally buried in Bay Area after 80 years as an 'unknown soldier'
Army 1st Lieutenant Herman Jerry Sundstad was killed in World War II in the jungles of the Pacific Theater. But his remains ...
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Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose and Curtiss XP-55 Ascender Profile
The XP-54 and XP-55, built by the Vultee Aircraft Inc. and the Curtiss-Wright Corporation respectively, were both pivotal in ...
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78 years ago, the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marine Corps
They would go on to develop and implement an unbreakable code that was used across the Pacific theater of World War II By James Clark Posted on May 5, 2020 On May 5, 1942, 29 men arrived at ...
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Major Pacific Battles
but the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from the main islands of Japan. The U.S. planned that Okinawa ...
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The War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...