#Guadalcanal

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GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGNToday, we take the opportunity to honor and remember those who fought in the Guadalcanal Campaign. The Guadalcanal Campaign in 1942 was the first major American Pacific campaign in

The Lincoln Project

Trump traveled to Wilmington, NC today to commemorate the end of World War II in the Pacific, here are a few facts to remind him of what #TrumpsAmerica looks like:

#Remember https://look.substack.com/p/the-sullivan-brothers 2. The Sullivan family first heard the news that their five sons had died at Guadalcanal from neighbors. So their mother wrote this letter of inquiry to the

1) I'd like to take a moment to honor my Dad, John Joseph Creamer on the 31st anniversary of his death (Memorial Day,1989) and his Marines of the First Marine

1) Many families have sacrificed their loved ones in the fight for freedom over the centuries, but few have lost so much in so short a space of time as

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The battleships of the United States Navy were notable for their aircraft accommodations. The modern battleships of Germany and Britain had large hangars and amidship's catapults. In comparison, the US

"On September 5, 1942, United States Navy Petty Officer First Class Charles Jackson French, of Omaha Nebraska, swam through the night for 6 - 8 hours pulling a raft of

#OTD in 1918, Marine legend John H. Yancey was born in Arkansas. During WWII he received a #NavyCross for his actions on Guadalcanal. When the #KoreanWar broke out, he was

I’m spending Mother’s Day with my Vespa saying hi to places in SF I haven’t seen for a while. Warning: Long, slow thread here. First stop: Stern Grove. An older

InsanityNowhere

While this may have been a side effect of the use of the nuclear bombs, the real reason why the US used them was a bit more dire than flexing

Thread 1/19THE LOST UNIT: To support the Japanese Naval landings #MilneBay in August 1942, the Tsukioka Unit (353 men of the 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force, plus others) were

Hola, ¿me puedes recomendar un wargame introductorio?Una pregunta muy habitual, pero muy difícil de contestar.Como empezamos hoy la cuarta semana de encierro y tengo tiempo, voy a intentar contestarla. +

I’m adding a non-Friday edition of #FridayNightNavyKnowledge, @FarvaPrice, for a topic of special significance to me – the events of 25 October 1944. What I deem to be just about

Guns, Ganders, and Goats

Did this once but I was thinking about it again. From trench clearing staple to airport security gun headed into obsolescence the submachine was a qualitative leap in smallarms technology

Heather Pace Venable ✈️

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I started reading @PhillipsPOBrien How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II a few weeks ago (and belatedly). Now that I've finished it, I

NEW THREAD:1. Is God trying to assign to you a mission?If you know something’s coming, please read this because I am writing today with extreme severity of purpose and spirit.Something