In the years between World War I and II, the U.S. military had ambitious and prescient ideas for war in the Pacific.

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The Battle of Tarawa was the opening campaign of the U.S. drive across the central Pacific during World War II.

Sgt. Sidney Burke's aircraft crashed during a low-altitude bombing raid in 1943. He was officially accounted for earlier this year.

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Hook’s 11-page memoir is on the website, The World War II Experience, a local nonprofit that preserves the stories of the ...

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When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.

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In 1944, PNG's Manus Island was home to one of the most impressive allied military bases in the Pacific. After signing the ...

The Marines, however, modified LVTs with ramps that allowed their men to penetrate the atoll on the northwest. Moreover, the ...

On April 18, 1943, a squadron of P-38 Lightning fighters skimmed the Pacific waves near Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea ...