On the morning of April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, behemoth of naval engineering and pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy, sortied on what was essentially a suicidal mission. Operation ...
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Heroes of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine Sea: How the invasion crippled Japan’s naval air power
As the fighting on Saipan intensified, individual acts of courage began to emerge across the battlefield. Among the soldiers involved was Private Thomas Alexander Baker Jr. of the 105th Infantry ...
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