80 years since one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II
80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...
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Major Pacific Battles
By April 1945, the war in Europe had ended with Allied victory, but the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from ...
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Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...
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Operation Pacific Tribute to send WWII veterans to the Philippines
He also started Operation Pacific Tribute ... pilots are working to take two WWII veterans to the Philippines to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila. The battle was one ...
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Aged liberators return to Manila to commemorate historic WWII battle’s 80th anniversary
Samuel Paparo, U.S. Army Pacific deputy commander Lt. Gen. Joel Vowell and Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson. About 66,000 U.S. veterans of WWII are ... during the battle for the ...
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World War II Historian Rates WWII Movie Battles
He describes the many challenges of the Battle of Okinawa as portrayed ... He discusses World War II-era munitions in "The Pacific," starring Joseph Mazzello and Rami Malek. He separates fact ...
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Journey through the blood-soaked shores of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in The Pacific, a war drama that intertwines personal struggles with intense combat sequences.
WWII Marine Corps hero honored with plaque at Mt. Soledad
Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...