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 ...

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Naval War College Review, Vol. 67, No. 1 (Winter 2014), pp. 85-118 (34 pages) The author wishes to express his appreciation to Cdr. Ken Hansen (Ret.), whose naval warfare expertise was invaluable in ...

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 ...

World War II veteran Martin Copenhafer, who survived D-Day in 1944, is starting over at age 104 after his Malibu home was recently lost in the Pacific Palisades fire.

I’m not a World War II history buff, but I might be on the way to being one. As a fan of pop history, I’ve watched both Band ...

At War in the Pacific National Historical Park, the former battlefields, gun emplacements, trenches, and historic structures all serve as silent reminders of the bloody World War II battles that raged ...

Services were held Monday for Gilbert "Gil" Nadeau, who survived kamikaze attacks while serving aboard a Navy landing craft in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Nadeau died Oct. 19 ...