“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on James Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering ...
It was one of the bloodiest battles of World War II ... to "Sulfur Island." It is part of the Bonin Islands, which is made up ...
He later went island hopping in the Pacific aboard an attack transport and returned to Norfolk after serving in both theaters of war. He started off with, "Well, I got a letter from Uncle Sam ...
The wreck, once known as “The ghost ship of the Pacific”, was found ... too late to take part in World War I, the vessel saw ...
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 the main islands of Japan. The U.S. planned that Okinawa ...
invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...
making island-hopping the best way to experience signature Palawan experiences like floating through an underground river, swimming in hidden lagoons, and diving among World War II shipwrecks.
“The weather is absolutely perfect,” an NBC broadcaster announced from an otherwise uninhabited Pacific atoll on ... a diplomatic crisis during World War II, served in the space program ...