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Was Iwo Jima worth the cost?

After a staggering loss of life on the island, American military leaders scrambled to justify the invasion

By Robert S. Burrell, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History

4 years ago

Fly-past honors WWII airmen who died saving UK children

U.S. and Royal Air Force warplanes roared over the English city of Sheffield Friday to honor 10 American airmen who sacrificed their lives to save British children playing in a park beneath their crippled bomber during World War II.

5 years ago

Man achieves goal to bury the father he never knew, a World War II veteran, with military honors

Having waited 64 years for the reunion, Rex Beach struggled to leave his father's casket when the time came.

By Shane Hoover, The (Canton, Ohio) Repository via the AP

5 years ago

How naked World War II sailors ended up riding Mongolian ponies in the Gobi Desert to shoot bazookas at the Japanese

“Set off explosives and run like hell.”

By Linda Kush, World War II Magazine

5 years ago

At this time in 1941, a Clipper plane was trying to get home the hard way — flying around the world!

The attack on Pearl Harbor forced one Pan Am crew to attempt a round-the-world flight to escape Japanese warplanes. Others weren't so lucky.

By C.V. Glines, Aviation History Magazine

5 years ago

Researchers mark death of Pearl Harbor mastermind Yamamoto

A group from the U.S. and Japan is trekking to a remote Pacific island jungle to document what is considered one of the most important wreck sites of World War II: where American fighters shot down a Japanese bomber carrying the mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack.

6 years ago

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