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 ...

There was no need for any more violence in the Pacific Ocean ... This is the story of the last naval battle of World War II.. The American military had naval operations going on in China even ...

Albert “Hank” Sturgess Jr. earned nine battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation for his bravery while serving in the ...

There they dropped 356 tons of explosive—a Southwest Pacific record. That night the invasion fleet moved in. The Japs at Arawe had not been bombed out, were not surprised: at 3:40 a.m. an enemy ...

He describes the many challenges of the Battle of Okinawa as portrayed ... He discusses World War II-era munitions in "The Pacific," starring Joseph Mazzello and Rami Malek. He separates fact ...

A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted for over eight decades after he was killed in the Pacific, the Defense ...

who served during World War II. He was among the dwindling number of veterans who witnessed firsthand the fierce naval battles of the Pacific Theater and the war's final months.