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The Most Feared Submarine in the Pacific during WW2 In the tense closing months of 1942, fears among U.S. commanders about Japanese naval power were realized on September 15 with a devastating attack.
“This is it,” said Brooks. “This is the uniform I wore in Australia.” Lawrence Brooks, aged 112, holding his 91st Engineer Battalion pin and wearing his WWII reproduction summer service ...
The team from Pacific Wrecks, which discovered one of the most famous World War II aircraft in Papua New Guinea, P-38J “Marge” 42-103993, assigned to Richard I. Bong, America’s ace of aces.
Two World War II veterans, who both fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima, talked about their experience in the Pacific Theater. ... World War II in the Pacific. 2013-11-10T09:59:32-05:00 https: ...
An Australian Navy minehunter has found the lost wreck of a suspected Japanese World War Two submarine off the South Pacific outpost of Rabaul, Australian defence officials said on Friday.
Navy divers comb a Pacific graveyard, seeking lost World War II airmen. An elite team dived 200 feet underwater in search of the crew of ‘Heaven Can Wait,’ a bomber shot down off New Guinea in ...
A World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot’s uniform is set to be sold at auction after it was discovered wrapped in newspaper dating back to 1951.
This photo provided by Joel Carillet shows Pacific Wrecks Director Justin Taylan with the remains of a wing from World War II ace Richard Bong's P-38 Lightning fighter plane that he discovered in ...
Several World War II shipwrecks have vanished from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, prompting the British and Dutch governments to seek answers. Divers first found the WWII wrecks – which were ...
An American, World War II-era aircraft that had been missing in action (MIA) since July 1944 was recently located in the waters surrounding the Pacific Island nation of Palau. The TBM-1C Avenger ...
We toured the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas to learn about Admiral Chester Nimitz, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II. We also looked at a ...