Pacific Theater

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  Time Travel: Navy Yard Puget Sound in Bremerton, Washington

  Travel writer Jessica Wambach Brown explores the once-bustling wartime shipyard at Bremerton, Washington...

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  Pride before the Fall: Why Japan Failed at Tank Warfare

  During World War II, Germany's tanks were deemed superior. But Japan was the first leading nation in armored warfare before the war. What changed?...

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  Book Reviews: Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima by James H. Hallas

  Historian David Sears reviews James H. Hallas's "Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima."...

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  Book Reviews: A Matter of Honor by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan

  Historian Richard B. Frank reviews authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan's latest book on the controversial career of naval commander Admiral Husband S. Kimmel...

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  Battle Films: Elegy for the Lost

  Battle Films columnist Mark Grimsley explores how a Japanese anime film reflected the emotions of wartime Japanese society...

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  Payback: Nine American Subs Avenge a Legend’s Death

  In the summer of 1945, a band of American submarines sailed for Japan on a mission bent on payback....

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  FOOTLOCKER: Seeing Red at Pearl Harbor

  Curators at The National World War II Museum help a reader identify a piece of aircraft from Pearl Harbor....

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  Jeanette Rankin: The Congresswoman Who Voted NO to WWII

  What does a dedicated pacifist do when the United States surges toward war?...

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  The Hump: Death and Salvation on the Aluminum Trail

  A high-profile crash on the notorious “Hump” air route spurred the formation of a daring search-and-rescue team....