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Order of the Rising Sun, 8th Class

The Order of the Rising Sun was the first of Japan's official orders, established in 1875. It has nineclasses, the highest being the 1st Class Rising Sun Order of the Paulownia Flowers. The lower…

Order of the Rising Sun, 6th Class

The Order of the Rising Sun was the first of Japan's official orders, established in 1875. It has nineclasses, the highest being the 1st Class Rising Sun Order of the Paulownia Flowers. The lower…

USS Princeton After Being Hit with Japanese Bomb

Kamikaze attacks caused incredible damage to the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. With fewer planes and less experienced pilots to fly them, the Japanese air forces were driven to use their aircraft as…

USS Kitkun Bay Prepares to Launch Planes as USS White Plains Takes Japanese Fire in Background

While the Japanese brought the full force of their fleet to the Battle of Leyte Gulf, with little air support they were vulnerable to American air attacks and suffered heavy losses over the following…

This is a “Task Force”

USS Suwannee After Being Hit by Kamikaze Attack

Samuel Gevirtz Diary

Detailing the events of the June 19th battle, PFC Gevirtz noted one deadly attack on the ship, saying “the bomb landed so close to the ship that her splash completely soaked all the Marines in…

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1st Marine Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

The 1st Marine Division patch was created in 1943 to recognize the sacrifices and victory of the Marines that fought at the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. Following actions at the battles of New…

Marine Indian Uses Walky-Talky

In order to develop a system of covert messaging that the Japanese could not break, the Marine Corps began recruiting Native Americans. Using their native languages to relay messages, they played an…

USMC Hospital Corpsman Knife

Initially issued to Navy Corpsman before and during WWII, these knives were intended to be used by non-combatants to create splints and stretchers. By 1943 the Marine Corps was issuing the knife to…

An Amphibious Tractor Burns as Marines Take Shelter After Landing on Peleliu

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Helldivers Advance on Japanese Fleet

Upon radar detection of enemy aircraft approaching U.S. carrier positions in the Philippine Sea, a squadron of Curtiss SB2C Helldivers set out to intercept the Japanese attackers. The battle would…

Pillbox Exterminators

Prior to the arrival of U.S. troops on Guam, the Japanese constructed pillboxes within the monotonous landscape of the island. As on Saipan, flamethrowers were used to devastating effect on these…

Knocked Out

The smallest of three islands, the battle for Tinian was fought largely with the use of tanks and artillery that U.S. troops were able to bring ashore with the help of Construction Battalion (Seabee)…

Pacific Area of Operations Map, 1944-1945

Allied forces had made significant progress against Japanese forces in the Pacific by 1944 and were poised to strike Japanese strongholds throughout the region, with the final objective of…

John C. McManus Shares a Big Red One Medic's Story

John C. McManus earned a PhD in American and Military History from the University of Tennessee, where he served as Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society and was a Normandy…

The Armistice

On November 11, 1918, French Marshal Ferdinand Foch forced the German Army into signing an armistice, a military agreement by both sides to stop the fighting. Germany’s allies Austria-Hungary and the…

Allied Advance

On the morning of June 6, American forces landed on the western beaches of Utah and Omaha, while British and Canadian forces came ashore at Gold, Juno, and Sword. Reinforcements continued to…

American Soldiers Seek Cover from German Snipers in the Norman Hedgerows

The hedgerows proved to be one of the most challenging obstacles faced by paratroopers and infantry forces as they made their way inland through the Norman countryside. The French hedgerows — known…