This Day in History: The attack on Pearl Harbor
On this day in 1941, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. The results for the United States Navy were disastrous. Our Pacific Fleet took a...
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- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: USS Archerfish's big hit
On this day in 1944, the submarine USS Archerfish lingers near wreckage of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano. The American crew soon...
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- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
This Day in History: Edward Silk's one-man attack in France
On this day in 1944, a hero launches a one-man attack on Germans who were after his company. Amazingly, First Lt. Edward A. Silk survived...
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- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: The tragic loss of USS Juneau
On this day in 1942, the United States Navy searches for survivors of USS Juneau. Those men had gone into the water nearly a week...
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- Nov 17, 2022
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This Day in History: USS Juneau is hit near Guadalcanal
On this day in 1942, the destroyer USS Meade steams into an area near the Solomon Islands. Crew members expected to find survivors of USS...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Tragedy at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
On this day in 1942, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal comes to an end. Japanese and American forces had been fighting for control of...
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- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: USMC War Memorial
On this day in 1954, the United States Marine Corps celebrates its birthday—and it dedicates a new War Memorial. That Memorial is easily...
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- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Ernest Evans & his “fighting ship”
On this day in 1944, a United States Navy officer makes the ultimate sacrifice in an action that would earn him the Medal of Honor....
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- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: USS Tang's Last Mission
On this day in 1944, USS Tang sinks, the victim of her own malfunctioning torpedo. A handful of sailors would survive, only to be...
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- Oct 9, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: WWII Hero Richard Sorenson
On this day in 2004, a World War II hero passes away. Richard Sorenson had tried to enlist in the Navy immediately after the December 7,...
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- Sep 9, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Lookout Air Raids
On this day in 1942, a Japanese pilot bombs a forest in southern Oregon, near the small logging town of Brookings. It was one of the few...
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- Sep 7, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Japanese land forces defeated
On this day in 1942, Allied forces win the Battle of Milne Bay—the very first Allied victory against Japanese land forces! Needless to...
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- Sep 2, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: V-J Day effectively ends World War II
On this day in 1945, a formal surrender ceremony is held aboard the USS Missouri. Today is the anniversary of V-J Day! On this day, World...
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- Aug 12, 2022
- 2 min
This Day in History: The Heroes of Peleliu
On this day in 1925, a hero is born. John D. New was the first person in Mobile, Alabama to join the Marines after the Japanese attacked...
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- Aug 7, 2022
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This Day in History: Captain Harl Pease's Medal of Honor
On this day in 1942, a United States Army Air Corps captain rejoins his squadron. He was determined to participate in an attack on an...
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- Aug 4, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: The Women of SixTripleEight
On this day in 1943, a young woman enlists in the Women’s Army Corps. Twenty-two-year-old Maybelle Rutland would go on to serve in the...
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- Aug 3, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Survivors of USS Indianapolis rescued
On this day in 1945, the last survivors of the USS Indianapolis are pulled from the Pacific Ocean. They’d been there since a Japanese...
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- Aug 2, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: John F. Kennedy & PT-109
On this day in 1943 a small boat under the command of Lt. (j.g.) John F. Kennedy is rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Kennedy would come...
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- Aug 1, 2022
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This Day in History: Medals of Honor during Operation Tidal Wave
On this day in 1943, Operation Tidal Wave begins. Nearly 180 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers embark on a lengthy mission to destroy...
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- Jul 29, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: USS Indianapolis is sunk by Japanese torpedoes
On this day in 1945, USS Indianapolis travels from Guam toward the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines. Unfortunately, Indianapolis would never...
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