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The Pacific War: Brutal fighting across the world’s largest battlefield

Spanning from 1941 to 1945, the Pacific War was a vast and brutal theater of World War II, pitting Allied forces against ...
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How one battleship won a night battle in World War II

In November 1942, during World War II, an American battleship fought one of the most decisive naval battles in history ...
United States Army

Legacy of service, faith endure long after the smoke of war

John Breckenridge’s military legacy was borne in war on the South Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942. A pragmatic thinker often ...
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Hirohito's war : the Pacific war, 1941-1945 / Francis Pike

Part I: Meiji restoration: 1868 -- Empires in conflict -- Part II: Japan versus America and the world: 1931-1941 -- Ultra-nationalism and the death of democracy -- Japan versus China: From phoney war ...
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The early air war in the Pacific ten months that changed the course of World War II Ralph F. Wetterhahn

NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Warhawk and Nate Down, Mariveles volcano, Bataan Peninsula, Philippines -- Admiral Yamamoto's grand scheme -- Tora Tora Tora! -- ...
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Marines will bring home the remains of Guadalcanal casualty Luther Rhodes

Marvin Rhodes holds a photograph of his late brother, Luther, as he and other family members pose for a photograph Thursday. The family gathered this week to learn more about Luther’s death during ...