WWII
Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale
Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.
Marines returning in peace to hard-won Iwo
The U.S. Marines will land on Iwo Jima and secure Mt. Suribachi Friday for the second time in 15 years.
Oki doughfeet slogging on, searching for own lost PWs
There are no front lines on Okinawa, but that doesn’t mean there is any rest for the doughboy.
Precision fire answer to cave tactics - U.S. artillery goes underground
War in the Ryukus has brought on new and unorthodox tactics from an artillery viewpoint. For the first time in the history of warfare an entire field artillery of an army is living and fighting from underground positions.
Fighting men with tender hearts – GIs play nurse to Oki’s orphans
For doughboys and leathernecks, the care of children started on the first day of the invasion, and from the way it keeps on, it looks as though “the Children’s Hour on Okinawa” will outlast Lillian Hellman’s play on Broadway.
Sure, the campaign’s over, but don’t forget the mop-up
There is nothing spectacular about the mop-up operation. That would be very nice except that men continue to die in skirmishes waged in caves, draws and canyons. These pitched, butter little battle do not make news.
Find Adm. Ota and 5 aides in hara kiri cave
Admiral Minoru Ota is dead. In a cave overlooking the completely levelled installations of the Naha harbor, with only the masts and stacks of sunken ships showing, the commanding officers of the Japanese Okinawa base forces committed suicide.