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May 2, 2024 · In 1950, Martin Milner dropped out of USC to focus on acting. One year later, he was starrig alongside John Wayne in OPERATION PACIFIC ('51), the second of t...
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5 days ago · Part of Operation Mo of South West Pacific theatre of World War II. The American aircraft carrier USS Lexington explodes on 8 May 1942, several hours after being damaged by a Japanese carrier air attack. Date. 4–8 May 1942. Location. Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Result.
Apr 30, 2024 · Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4–8, 1942), World War II naval and air engagement in which a U.S. fleet thwarted the Japanese invasion of Port Moresby in New Guinea. The battle, fought primarily between aircraft and naval vessels, foreshadowed the kind of carrier warfare that marked later fighting in the Pacific War.
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May 18, 2024 · Operation Pacific, directed by George Waggner, finds him as Duke Gifford, the second in command of a submarine with failing torpedoes that can’t seem to do any damage to Japanese destroyers in ...
4 days ago · Curtis E. LeMay. Bombing of Tokyo, (March 9–10, 1945), firebombing raid (codenamed “Operation Meetinghouse”) by the United States on the capital of Japan during the final stages of World War II, often cited as one of the most destructive acts of war in history, more destructive than the bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima, or Nagasaki.
3 days ago · The Battle of Okinawa ( Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg, [24] : 17 was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. [25] [26] The initial invasion of Okinawa on 1 April 1945 was the largest ...
May 18, 2024 · Prelude to the offensive -- Landings on Tulagi and Gavuta-Tanambogo -- Guadalcanal -- The first three days -- Establishment of the perimeter and battle of the Tenaru -- The battle of the ridge -- Development of the perimeter and actions to the west -- Expansion to the west and the October attack on the airfield -- Critical November -- Final period -- 9 December 1942 to 9 February 1943 ...
