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Remains of American Soldier Captured by the Japanese During World War II Identified Nearly 80 Years LaterAfter his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing ...
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
HUDSON — Donald Dacier, the last living member of the so-called "Ready Teddy" flight crew, a B-29 bomber that flew dozens of ...
Ever wondered how the U.S. brought smaller planes overseas during World War II? It was definitely more tedious work than ...
Forensics investigators identified the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn Hodak nearly 80 years after his B-29 bomber ...
U.S. Air Force engineers, U.S. Navy Seabees, and U.S. Marine engineer teams have reclaimed a historic World War II airfield from jungle growth in the Western Pacific for use for operations for ...
Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...
Northrop’s P-61 Black Widow was late to the war. The fighter-bomber didn’t fly its first combat mission until June 1944, when ...
The few years leading up to the USA becoming involved in the Second World War were some of the most stressful years in human ...
In 1984, Pearce and his daughter wrote the song “We Love Allentown” in response to Billy Joel’s “Allentown.” It’s been performed by the Allentown Band and Allentown Symphony Orchestra.
The nonprofit Project Recover and divers with Honolulu-based Legion Undersea Services help bring closure for families.
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