How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
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'Charred Bodies, Eerie Sky': Japanese Survivors Recall Deadly WWII Air Raid
On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers ... 1945 was World War II's ...
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In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end
Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...
Enola Gay pilot's granddaughter decries 'shameful' Trump Defense Department DEI word purge
The granddaughter of Paul W. Tibbets Jr. — the pilot who flew the bomber Enola Gay that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II — called the Trump administration flagging photos of the ...
Volunteer searching for WWII dead in Japanese caves unearths remains of hundreds of people
The remains of some 1,400 people sit in storage for possible identification with DNA testing. So far just six have been identified and returned to their families.