There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately ...
When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.
From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Marine Corps earned its reputation for tackling some of the bloodiest battles of World War ...
A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, site of one of the Marines’ bloodiest battles of the war and now a ...
The Marines, however, modified LVTs with ramps that allowed their men to penetrate the atoll on the northwest. Moreover, the ...
The Marines recently landed their first fixed wing aircraft on a recertified airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, which jarheads captured after brutal combat in 1944. The KC-130J Super Hercules ...
A team of scientists discovered a Japanese naval destroyer for the first time since it was sunk by American troops in World War II. Researchers exploring islands off the coast of the Solomon Islands ...
Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...
In 1944, PNG's Manus Island was home to one of the most impressive allied military bases in the Pacific. After signing the ...
Hook’s 11-page memoir is on the website, The World War II Experience, a local nonprofit that preserves the stories of the ...