A WWII Icon: How Effective Was The P-38 Lightning?
"Upon its official introduction in 1940, the P-38 was capable of climbing to 3,300 feet in a single minute and reaching 400 ...
These are the biggest challenges facing the US Army in the Pacific, according to a general readying for the next war
In a future war in the Indo-Pacific, the US Army could find itself navigating vast oceans, scattered islands, and thick ...
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Unexploded WWII bombs plague Palau amid US military build-up
UXOs contaminate the Pacific but there's little clean-up funding despite hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on new ...
American POW swam to freedom in the Pacific during WWII
ALBANY — Eighty years ago, in 1944, U.S. Army Lt. Morris Shoss was a prisoner ... 1940 and would be separated in 1941 just before World War II began. “Mom went to the Philippines with him.
Marine killed in WWII accounted for after sending ominous letter home
Robert Van Heck's family receieved an ominous letter from the Marine just minutes before learning he was killed, according to ...
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80 Years Ago, a Historic Army-Navy Game Captivated a Nation During World War II
In truth, you were a storybook team." U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, shown in the South Pacific on Sept. 8, 1943, during World War II, called the 1944 Army football team ‘the greatest of all Army ...