HUDSON — Donald Dacier, the last living member of the so-called "Ready Teddy" flight crew, a B-29 bomber that flew dozens of ...
He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.
The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...
Rick Shiomi’s new play “Secret Warriors,” now running at the History Theatre in St. Paul, explores the overlooked ...
The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. 80 years ago, the battle of Iwo Jima came to an end on 26 March 1945. After 36 days of fighting, nearly 7,000 US Marines had been killed and another 20,000 ...
"We're losing our WWII veterans daily, and with them, I fear we're also losing the hard-earned lessons they fought valiantly to teach us. Our Pacific War veterans, in particular, remind us that ...
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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 ...
Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...
Today, seven American World War II veterans, including 99-year-old Frank Wright who was here in July, are set to return to ...
What happens when a Navy captain and a historian walk into a bar? They come out with a hit podcast about the Pacific War.
Cliff Beaupre served in the US Coast Guard during World War II, traveling all over the world transporting soldiers.
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
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