Truk Lagoon, once considered an impregnable Japanese stronghold, was devastated by a coordinated American attack in February 1944. In just two days, hundreds of aircraft and powerful warships ...

“A very thin margin” separates the balance of sea power in the Pacific. Last week the U.S. claimed that margin. “Slowly but surely we are tightening our grip,” said Admiral Chester William Nimitz, ...

First round of the American offensive in the Solomon Islands was over. The Navy had announced that the three islands where the Marines had landed—probably Florida, Tulagi and Guadalcanal—had been ...

American carrier planes attacked the Japanese naval base at Truk Lagoon on February 17-18, 1944. USS Intrepid joined four other carriers in this massive strike. Task Force 58 aimed to destroy what ...

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Bruce Anderson of Pahoa, Hawaii passed away on December 6, 2024. He was born Bruce Alexander Bernheim in Oakland, California in 1941. He grew up in Walnut Creek and was a 1959 graduate of Las Lomas ...