General description: On September 18, 1944, 19-year-old Private First Class Arthur J. Jackson charged fortified Japanese ...
On July 4th, U-T San Diego will publish a special section that focuses on the long, large and evolving presence of the Navy in San Diego. The package will include a story about the amphibious assault ...
Think of the iconic World War II battles in the Pacific. Iwo Jima comes to mind, certainly. So might Guadalcanal and its jungle hell, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines and the ...
The man in the red T-shirt spoke for the third time. The congregation murmurs in displeasure, for the man is obviously drunk. "My third question is actually the same as the first," he says: "Are you ...
Covered in cloying grime, Toshiko Kido kneels down to scrape away at the mud and fist-sized limestone blocks that hold an overturned Japanese military vehicle firmly in place. Using a trowel and a ...
In our roundup of travel stories this week: What it’s like inside Air New Zealand’s new bunk beds, why cruise ships are ...
Time flies. Ask any of “The Greatest Generation” survivors of World War II. And it flies for others also. Seventy-five years ago also seems like only yesterday to me. And the nearer a person is to ...
It was a bittersweet day on Pier 7 at San Diego Naval Base. The Navy decommissioned a proud warship, the amphibious assault ship Peleliu — the “Iron Nickel” to her crew. No sailor likes to see a Navy ...
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