The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...
Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...
She was assigned to help build B-26 airplane wings for the war effort in Illinois before she decided to enlist in the Marine ...
World War II U.S. Navy Veteran, Joseph McCarron, celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by friends and loved ones earlier ...
He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.
What happens when a Navy captain and a historian walk into a bar? They come out with a hit podcast about the Pacific War.
In March 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed a webpage reporting the history of "Golden Girls" actor Bea Arthur enlisting in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during World War II.
John McClelland “Jack” Elliott, a historian and Marine aviation veteran who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam ... be sitting upstairs looking at us and saying, ‘Oh, you people ...
Arthur's biography on the U.S. DOD website, published in 2021, described her enlistment in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve ...