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Famed aviator Jimmy Doolittle once quipped, "There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer."

Full Article Hornet in a spectacular surprise attack that caused little damage but boosted Allied morale. The raid prompted the Japanese to retain four army fighter groups in Japan during 1942 and 1943, when they were badly needed in the South Pacific. The attack also compelled the Japanese to push beyond their originally planned defensive perimeter, thereby increasing the vulnerability of their supply lines. The state of the war in 1942 The first months of 1942 were a grim time for the All...

Updated: 6:00 PM PDT July 20, 2021 BLY, Ore. — The Mitchell Monument was saved from the Bootleg Fire, according to a spokesperson for the Bootleg Fire. The monument, located near Bly, Ore., exists to commemorate the six people who were killed on American soil during World War II by a bomb sent from Japan called a “Fugo.” It is the only place in America where death resulted from enemy action. Firefighters reduced the would-be fuel for the Bootleg Fire, the largest fire in t...

History is never finished being written; it is under constant revision as new facts come to light. And this is true for the Battle of Midway.

South Dakota’s Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB) has been officially chosen as home for the first operational US Air Force B-21 Raider bombers.

The Secretary of the Air Force officially selected Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, as the location to host the Air Force’s first operational B-21 Raiders and the formal training unit.The B-21 Raider was designed to replace the Air Force’s aging,

What Do Chinas Military Strategists Think of the Battle of Midway? China likely recognizes that once wars are started with America, even when militarily successful, they may be extremely difficult to end. Late springtime is a fitting time to contemplate the origins of U.S. maritime supremacy. Over a period of about twenty-four hours in June 1942, U.S. naval aviators turned the whole course of history by putting the Imperial Japanese Navy’s four premier flattops on the bottom. This victory can...

In three days of fighting in early June 1942, the US Navy effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific.

Rather than a mere prequel to Midway, Coral Sea was a milestone: it put the first brakes on the Japanese Navy’s blitzkrieg across the Pacific.

Join Memorial Day will have the usual observances this year. The ceremony at the Tombs of the Unknowns, the TV shots of Arlington National Cemetery with the graves decorated with flowers or small flags as tribute to the fallen. For unlike Veterans Day in November, Memorial Day remembers the dead — those who served their country and, in too many cases, died in one of the many battles found in history books. Some 16 million men and women left their jobs in the local drug store or the neighborh...