Veterans of WWII US submarine service honored at California Naval Base
Photo story (Clockwise from left): (1) Veterans of WWII US submarine service honored, in the photo (from left to right)- Robert Bell, Pat Zilliacus, Royal C. Harrison, Harold Staggs, Mark Maynard and...
View ArticlePacific Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s “Gray Book” Journal Digitized
During the battles in the Pacific during World War II, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz kept a daily journal now referred to as the “Gray Book.” Bound in gray material, Nimitz’sdiary chronicles the Pacific...
View ArticleWHO-TUBE: How to Fly the Boeing B-29 Superfortress: B-29 Flight Procedure &...
This is a thorough pilot’s view introduction to the premier bomber of World War II, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress..Faster than a Zero fighter, it represents the peak of piston engine era technology,...
View ArticleIsland in the Pacific is home to countless WWII relics
The small island of Mili in the southeast corner of the Marshall Islands is now populated by only 300 people, and was once under Japanese Imperial Army control during World War II. Time has passed but...
View ArticleRelics from WWII Have Recently Been Found at Mili
It has been decades since WWII, but remnants of the struggle are still being discovered worldwide. On Mili (one of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific), these discoveries have already been made. Yet...
View ArticleWorld War II veteran: ‘There were just pieces of bodies and men …’
Kenneth Baeth recalls sitting in his American history class decades ago at Libby High School, gazing out the window and daydreaming about flying. He soon realized it wasn’t enough to fantasize about...
View ArticleWorld War II dog tags found in Saipan may solve 70-year-old mystery
The dog tags are pitted, battered. But there is enough left of them to solve a mystery that’s haunted a West Delray man for 70 years. The dog tags belonged to U.S. Army Private Bernard Gavrin, the...
View ArticleUS MARINE CORPS FIGHTER SQUADRONS OF WORLD WAR II – Review by Mark Barnes
There was another war a long way from Europe that entailed fleets and armies travelling huge distances to collectively experience all the see-saw stuff – conquest, defence, defeat, triumph and disaster...
View ArticleThe Photograph of the American Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi – Photographer...
“What difference does it make who took the picture? I took it, but the Marines took Iwo Jima.” Ten years ago , at about noon on February 23, 1945, I stood just inside the rim of an extinct volcano o a...
View ArticleWWII ‘Zerosen” Fighter Pilot Says His Piece about WWII in a Documentary
Former WWII ‘zerosen’ fighter pilot, Kaname Harada, shares his reflections about the Second World War in an upcoming documentary by the film group Nagoya katsudo Shashin. Aside from his personal...
View ArticleThe wrecked B-24D Liberator at Atka Island
The Atka B-24D Liberator bomber, located at its crash site in Atka Island, Alaska, played a highly significant role in World WarThe post The wrecked B-24D Liberator at Atka Island appeared first on WAR...
View ArticleWWII COLOR Footage of the Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle...
View ArticlePacific Tank Wrecks – Amazing Images of Surviving Battle Relics in the Pacific
In the Jungles and beaches of the Pacific Island wrecks of all kinds can still be found. We have for you a selection of Japanese and American tanks and tracked vehicles: Wrecked Sherman Tank, just off...
View ArticleRemembering Hiroo Onoda: Japanese Soldier who Fought WWII for 29 Years After...
Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese soldier a brave and an amazing survivor. However, he was surviving and fighting for a war that has long since ended. He was fighting for his country, in what he believed was...
View Article6 Severely wounded WWII Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific that stayed afloat...
During the Pacific campaign in WWII aircraft carriers were the prime targets in the fleet engagements fought between the USA (and later Britain) and Japan. At first massive carrier engagements took...
View ArticleB-24 Bomber Shot Down – Incredible, Haunting Footage
Cameras capture the incredible moment when a B-24 Bomber plane is hit and crashing in flames. This plane was nicknamed “Brief”. Serial Number 44-42058. It had taken off from Angaur Airfield, flying on...
View ArticleThe True Story of Two American Fighters Who Took on the Japanese Attack at...
The nuances of military history are often lost to the passage of time and with the men who could give first-hand accounts. As much as training and battle play a significant role in the story of war,...
View ArticleBattle of Wake Island – You Will Not Believe How The Japanese Treated Those...
Before the threat of war in the Pacific and the outbreak of World War II, Wake Island was a stopping off point for vacationers aboard Pan American flights to and from the Orient. Bird watching, sports...
View ArticleGood “Old 666”, the Cursed Bomber that No One Wanted to Fly took on 17...
When you see the number “666” on the tail number of a plane, it is entirely understandable if you opt to stay on the ground. That number is as superstitious as a black cat walking under a ladder and...
View ArticleLooking Back On The Hunt For The Buried Spitfires
Three years ago an aircraft enthusiast got media coverage around the world by claiming the existence of a mysterious Spitfire burial ground in Myanmar, which was once called Burma. David Cundall from...
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