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Photo of a LCS fairly bristled with guns, including the twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 antiaircraft guns and Mark 22 3-inch/50-caliber bow gun shown here in action off the Philippines in 1945.

These Fighting ‘Mighty Midgets’ Packed Big Guns

by Ron Soodalter12/29/20231/12/2024

American LCS gunboats were pound for pound the most heavily armed ships in the Pacific during World War II.

Photo of Little Round Top, at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pa., offers a sweeping view. From this hill, on the left end of the Union line, Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain led the 20th Maine Volunteers in a bayonet counterattack against the 15th Alabama Infantry and other Confederate units on July 2, 1863.

The World’s Most Visitor-Friendly Battlefields

by David T. Zabecki12/22/202312/28/2023

The Only Surviving Battleship From Both World Wars Is Finally Getting Repairs

by HistoryNet Staff9/2/20229/22/2022

How the Navy’s Fast Carrier Task Force Swept the Pacific

by Michael W. Robbins4/19/20229/28/2023

A Seabee on Iwo Jima: They Also Served Who Drove Cranes and Cats

by Jack Cornwell2/13/20174/3/2024

Audio: WWII Marine Recalls Landing On Iwo Jima / ‘What The Hell Am I Doing Here?’

by Amy Chan9/28/20164/3/2024

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Battle of Iwo Jima: Alan Wood and the Famous Flag on Mount Suribachi

by HistoryNet Staff6/12/20064/3/2024