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The Sole WWII Gunner Buried with His Plane
The Pacific air war claimed many lives, but the story of a gunner buried at sea within his aircraft is truly one of a kind. Explore this tragic yet deeply respectful chapter of WWII history.
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New Mexico Military Museum’s new exhibit to honor WWII prisoners of war in the Pacific
Several weeks earlier, the Palawan Massacre took place in the Philippines, where 139 American POWs were killed by Japanese ...
Trump's DEI order strips Air Force curriculum of 1st Black pilots, female WWII pilots
Trump's executive order halting DEI means the Air Force no longer teaches recruits about WWII's Tuskegee Airmen and the Women ...
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Marines make first landing on renovated WWII airfield in the Pacific
Marines merge air control jobs as new air defense tech comes online That airfield puts Marine aircraft within 1,000 miles of Manila, Philippines, which is a major Pacific partner nation of the ...
U.S. Air Force revising training course that includes videos of Tuskegee Airmen, female WWII pilots
The Tuskegee Airmen were founded in 1941 in Tuskegee, Alabama when the U.S. Army Air Corp began a program to train Black servicemembers as Air Corps Cadets.
Army officers had to write haikus about Pacific theater of World War II during a leadership course
Within the Context, Joint Force Capabilities, At Decisive Points” — just one of the haikus written by Army officers during ...
We Went With Marine F-35Bs As They Fought A Mock War From A Pacific Island
On Dec. 8th, 2024, four F-35Bs from VMFA-214 “Black Sheep” squadron, along with two F-35Bs from VMX-1, flew out of Marine ...
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World War II veteran who served in Pacific Theater dies at 98
Military honors for WWII veteran, Gilbert Nadeau, 98, were on Monday. The WWII Navy veteran survived kamikaze attacks in the ...