The Little Sub That Couldn’t: How One Japanese Vessel Spectacularly Failed at Pearl Harbor
Even before the first Japanese bomb fell on Pearl Harbor, the HA-19 and four other Type A midget submarines were meant to deal the first blow to the “sleeping giant”…
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The EB-66—the Air Force’s only electronic intelligence aircraft in Southeast Asia—ensured the survival of hundreds of American air crews as it mapped and jammed Hanoi’s SAM radars. (Gregory Proch)
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THE NAVY LET CHER PERFORM ON THE USS MISSOURI IN 1989. IT’S REGRETTED IT EVER SINCE.
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