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Portland lawyer John Schwabe: Battle of Guadalcanal hero, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.
The six-month-long campaign to re-take Guadalcanal—which began 80 years ago this month—would prove to be a pivotal victory in the battle to turn back the Empire of Japan during World War II. So, which firearms were used and who carried them?
The USS Destroyer Escort Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), known as the Sammy B, was one of the last Allied ships standing against the Japanese in the Battle of Samar.
WMSL 759 is named in honor of Charles L. Calhoun, the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard.
There are 301 small American flags blowing in the wind beside graves in Steamboat Springs Cemetery. Each flag — one for each of the Routt County veterans buried there — waved in the cool breeze…