'Don't shoot them': The little-known crash, rescue of 3 US airmen near Tokyo during WWII
Marking 80 years since the Tokyo air raids of World War II claimed approximately 100,000 lives, people gathered from the ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Japanese torpedo bombers had an escort of their own ... report include “Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II” by Ikuhiko Hata and Yasuho Izawa; “The First Team: Pacific ...
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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 ...
Remains of WWII bomber pilot, lost in the Pacific in ’44, are identified
First Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson was one of 11 men on the B-24 shot down off New Guinea. The remains of the pilot of a downed ...
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Today in Chicago History: ‘Butch’ O’Hare — the airport’s namesake — downs Japanese bombers
World War II fighter pilot Lt. Cmdr. Edward “Butch” O’Hare, right, is congratulated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 21, 1942, during a White House ceremony in Washington ...
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 ...