World War II - Allies, Decisive Victories, Europe: The Allied retaking of Guadalcanal and Papua ended the Japanese drive south. Japan, having lost Guadalcanal, fought henceforth defensively, with worsening prospects.
Battle of Saipan, capture of the island of Saipan during World War II by U.S. Marine and Army units from June 15 to July 9, 1944, in a campaign called Operation Forager. The U.S. was then able to use Saipan as a strategic base from which to attack Japan—and particularly Tokyo—...
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FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA to the shores of Tripoli, as the Marine Corps Hymn relates, and more recently in the epic battle of the Chosin Reservoir in Korea and the siege of Hue City in Vietnam, America's "soldiers of the sea" have fought their country's baffles around the world for...
Naval, marine and air force uniforms of World War 2Mollo, Andrew
Perhaps ASL is a key to deeper insights into World War II battles. Look and you might gain better appreciation for the nameless heroes therein – a window into their bloodshed and sacrifices. Yes, I don’t like being Eisenhower but I really appreciate heros like Major Dick Winters (translator...
In the Pacific, Mediterranean and North-West European theatres successful amphibious operations would prove critical to winning the war. Fortunately, in the 1930s the US Marine Corps - with very limited assistance from the Navy and Army - pursued doctrine and hardware to make these operations possi...
was the basis for an impromptu Cleveland business now proving murderous to Axis fighting men. Charles Ambrose, operator of a wet grinding company, was asked by the Marine to fashion him an overseas knife. The Clevelander complied, & a Civil War saber was ground to a razor...
A CALL FOR FLIGHT LOGS For more information please contact: Robert Marshall, Jr. - John Kemper