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.
Pfc. Kills 30 Japanese in 15 minutes, snaps line battalion couldn’t dent
An infantry replacement who cracked a Japanese defense line that whole battalions couldn’t even dent is rapidly becoming a legend hereabouts.
Yanks storm last barrier In Oki Battle
Using every mountain climbing and flame-throwing tactic in the book, 7th division doughfeet have stormed and burned through the fortifications atop Yaeju-Dake plateau in what may turn out to be the final battle for Okinawa.
Naha an empty city mocking yank entry
The going is easier now on Okinawa – and whatever hopes the Japanese had of stopping the avalanche of American fighting men is gone.
Hand-to-hand fighting at new high on Okinawa
The most vicious type of hand-to-hand fighting is raging all along the southern front of Okinawa. The veterans of the 7th Division are engaging in more hand-to-hand combat than in all their other three campaigns put together.