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Lt. Col. Pete Ellis’ “Operations Plan 712” was an extraordinary and prescient report—serving as the basis for what became the American amphibious juggernaut of World War II.
BB-56 had been assigned to a small American force, which included her sister ship, the USS South Dakota (BB-57), and four US Navy destroyers. Together, these warships intercepted a Japanese ...
The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki was discovered more than 2,600 feet below the ocean's surface near the Solomon ...
Researchers and scientists found a part of an 80-year-old damaged World War II warship more than 600 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean.
Anthony Easton closed out 31 years with the Marine Corps this week by turning over his duties as sergeant major of Marine Corps Installations Pacific to his successor and saying farewell.
The recently-discovered bow of the USS New Orleans has shone new light on its remarkable escape story after being hit by a Japanese torpedo and travelling backwards 1,800 miles across the Pacific ...