History Today: How the first Boeing 747 soared in the skies
On February 9, 1969, the Boeing 747, the world’s first wide-body jet, took its maiden flight, revolutionising air travel.
This WW2 Aircraft Carrier Went Beyond the Call of Duty
Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...
This Legendary WW2 Vessel Helped Conduct the Doolittle Raids
The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...
This Medal of Honor recipient became an ace pilot in a day
Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...
‘Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island’ Review: The Marines on Guadalcanal
Their first target was Guadalcanal, an island some 3,600 miles ... Japanese bombers—proved more difficult: The enemy aircraft ...
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ASYMMETRIC WARFARE AT SEA: The Naval Battles off Guadalcanal, 1942–1943
Mikesh and Shorzoe Abe, Japanese Aircraft: 1910–1941 (Annapolis ... Raizo Tanaka, with Roger Pineau, “Japan’s Losing Struggle for Guadalcanal,” part 1, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 82, no. 7 (July ...
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75 years ago, US troops began the main battle of the long, bloody fight to kick the Japanese out of the Philippines
which included Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa, and Peleliu. The islands would provide runways for US aircraft and deny them to Japan. Rather than strike directly at Luzon, Army and Navy ...