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Friday, May 20, 2016

The Other Pearl Harbor Disaster

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On a quiet Sunday afternoon in May of 1944, a vast armada of warships filled Pearl Harbor in preparation for the invasion of Saipan named...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Solemn Occasion Leads to Continued Partnership in Pacific

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 On the morning of September 2, 1945 U.S.S.Missouri lay at anchor in Tokyo Bay. The scene was the surrender of I...
Thursday, June 2, 2011

America's Turning Point in the Pacific

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Six months following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the forces of Imperial Japan seemed all but invincible and poised to continue the conquest...
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Friday, May 27, 2011

The Yorktown's Last Stand

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At 1352 on May 27, 1942 the USS Yorktown limped battered and bruised into Pearl Harbor's berth 16.  She had just arrived on her lo...
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Luke Field

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  No one could question the combat skill of 2nd Lt Frank Luke, earned in the skies of Europe in 1918.  His 18 kills were second only ...
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