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This non-profit organization works to recover WWII MIAs still missing
Friday marks 41 years since then President Jimmy Carter proclaimed a national day of remembrance for those Americans captured or still missing from war.
By Jared Morgan
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5 things to know about Japan’s surrender in WWII 75 years ago
There will be a ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri this morning in Hawaii commemorating Japan's surrender in World War II 75 years ago.
These Air Corps pilots’ actions at Pearl Harbor made them among the first heroes of World War II
Two heroic American aviators led a spirited defense against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
By Michael E. Haskew
WWII veteran reunited with his dog tag lost in the Pacific
The man who found it was determined to return the dog tag to its rightful owner.
Gunboats in Hell: Battle at Iwo Jima
Feb. 17, 1945, had dawned clear and bright off Iwo Jima. At 10:45 that morning, Lieutenant (junior grade) Rufus G. Herring, aboard LCI(G)-449, peered through binoculars at the tiny island, still some distance away.
By Mitch Weiss, World War II magazine
The Battle of Iwo Jima: A 36-day bloody slog on a sulfuric island
The Japanese defending Iwo Jima on D-day displayed superb tactical discipline. As Lieutenant Colonel Justus M. ‘Jumpin’ Joe’ Chambers led his 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, across the first terrace on the right flank of the landing beaches, he encountered interlocking bands of automatic-weapons fire unlike anything he had faced in Tulagi or Saipan. ‘You could’ve held up a cigarette and lit it on the stuff going by,’ he recalled. ‘I knew immediately we were in for one hell of a time.’
By Joseph Alexander, World War II magazine