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The Rabaul Strikes: US Fast Carriers and the Fall of Japan’s Naval Stronghold
Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. launched the largest carrier-based attack in U.S. Navy history to shift momentum in the ...
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As Fast as You Can - US Fast Carriers Cripple Japan's Fleet at Rabaul
In November 1943, Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. authorized the largest carrier-based attack in U.S. Navy history, a bold move that would shift the balance of power in the Pacific. With a newly ...
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To Mark Japan’s Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
Bremyer undertook a 124-hour, 9,000-mile journey to Tokyo Bay, where he delivered the flag flown by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 to Admiral William Halsey’s USS “Missouri” Peter Zablocki ...