During World War II, the Japanese try to reinforce New Guinea in the South Pacific, only to face the wrath of Allied Air Power – a battle that showed what air power could do to surface vessels running largely without air cover.
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William Bull Halsey: Legendary World War II Admiral
A major player in the South Pacific theater of World War II, William F. Halsey was a controversial leader whose success was countered with controversy at Leyte Gulf and during “Halsey’s Typhoon” which damaged much of his fleet.
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Admiral Cunningham and HMS Illustrious in Malta During World War II
A brilliant British tactician, Andrew Cunningham almost lost an aircraft carrier, Malta and control of the Mediterranean in a single dive-bomb attack.
By Sam Moses
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John Paul Vann: Man and Legend
By the time of his death in Vietnam in June 1972, Lt. Col. John Paul Vann had taken on the highest military authorities in Washington and had earned the respect and trust of a small group of newsmen.
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Interview: Harold E. Fischer / Korean War Jet Ace and POW
Colonel Harold Fischer survived two years in a Chinese prison camp after getting shot down over Manchuria.
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Wartime Shanghai: A Tycoon Triumphs Over the Emporer
As Shanghai blazed around him, Sir Victor Sassoon led the effort to save the International Settlement from the clutches of the Japanese while keeping a careful eye on the bottom line.
By Eric Niderost
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Attack on Quang Tri City During the Vietnam War
Like Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, Quang Tri City was a vital communications crossroads that the enemy had to take. South Vietnamese paratroopers became a breakwater against the Communist flood.
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Sapper Attack in the A Shau During the Vietnam War
Fire Support Base Cunningham dominated the A Shau Valley. The sappers of the North Vietnamese Army’s 812th Regiment were ordered to destroy it.
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Blood for Dignity: The Erasure of Black Platoons from WWII
In March 1945, Black volunteers forced the first breach in the U.S. Army’s color barrier—but little changed in the aftermath.
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Singapore 1941: Fall of the Gibraltar of the East
Everyone from Churchill down to the lowest private expected Singapore to hold out for at least three months. By that time, they believed, enough reinforcements would reach the island to make Singapore too well defended even for Yamashita to overcome.