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Zero Hour on Nihau

aburchyski — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:08:16 +0000

Did the actions of a handful of people on a remote Hawaiian island lead to the internment of over 100,000 Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor?

World War II: March 2001 From the Editor

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

Aviation pioneer Ira C. Eaker was an architect of the Eighth Air Force.

On August 17, 1942, American heavy bombers conducted their first raid against occupied Europe when 12 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, escorted by Royal Air Force (RAF) Supermarine …

World War II: February 2001 From the Editor

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

Bataan Death March survivors seek Japanese corporate compensation.

During the early days of the war in the Pacific, small victories such as those of the intrepid American destroyers at Balikpapan, Borneo and the repulse of the initial Japanese landings on …

World War II: March 2001 From the Editor

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

Aviation pioneer Ira C. Eaker was an architect of the Eighth Air Force.

On August 17, 1942, American heavy bombers conducted their first raid against occupied Europe when 12 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, escorted by Royal Air Force (RAF) Supermarine …

World War II: January 2001 From the Editor

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

Low-level night bombing set much of Tokyo on fire in March 1945.

Although the first Boeing B-29 raid on the Japanese homeland produced less than outstanding results, it was a harbinger of the destruction yet to come. High-altitude daylight raids …

World War II: March 2001 Letters

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

Thanks From England

As an island we were hard pressed, very little food was getting in by convoys and the nightly bombings were fraying us round the edges. Then the Yanks arrived.

I was 18, and my head was full …

World War II: February 2001 Letters

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

The Missing Message

I enjoyed reading the November 2000 "Undercover" regarding the "East Wind Rain" message. I found the department interesting but I feel you missed a point. You say the East Wind Rain message was received and that it …

World War II: January 2001 Letters

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

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Flags Over Mount Suribachi

In the "Perspectives," department of the January 2000 issue, R.C. House wrote that the large American flag that flew over Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima in February …

World War II: March 2001 Almanac

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

Sixty Years Ago: February-March 1941

When Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, summoned Rear Admiral Patrick N.L. Bellinger to his office on March 1, 1941, his purpose was to direct Bellinger to begin working …

World War II: February 2001 Almanac

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

Sixty Years Ago: January-February 1941

For the British in North Africa, victory followed victory during the winter of 1940-41. In roughly eight weeks of fighting, Commonwealth forces had thrown the Italians out of Egypt and chased them across Libya.

In …