KIN BLUE BEACH, Okinawa — An hourlong amphibious landing by U.S. Marines and Japanese ... environment it has seen since the end of World War II,” Maj. Gen. Hajime Kitajima, commander of ...
Amphibious tanks tell a story of innovation, necessity, and eventual decline. These specialized vehicles were designed to ...
Trump is not wrong to remind the world that a third world war is a risk. Like the last two, it could start with aggressive authoritarian military manoeuvres in central and northern Europe. And like ...
(U.S. Army photo) On Dec. 7, 1944, American troops from the 77th Infantry Division made an amphibious landing just 3.5 ... (Courtesy photo) Vlug survived World War II and was discharged on June ...
Since 1971, the Marines have also flown two versions of vertical/short takeoff and landing ... World War II. Under the nickname, the "Cactus Air Force," it was instrumental in the South Pacific ...
In the darkness of the early hours, 20,000 Chinese shock troops board 'mobile-pier' landing craft and Type 075 amphibious assault ... D-Day invasion during World War II. The horrendous human ...
Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...
The same fighting spirit resounded in the shared experiences of the 8 Iwo Jima veterans who sat side by side at the Hilton National Landing, Feb. 22 ... after one of the fiercest battles of World War ...
Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of ...