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America’s Vought F4U Corsair Terrified the Japanese Military in WWII
The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio ...
An Oak Creek man spent his final years pushing for a war buddy to receive Medal of Honor. It finally happened.
Wataru Nakamura not receiving the Medal of Honor bothered Richard Edlebeck so much that he devoted his final years to ...
Navy Times5d
Pentagon restores pages on Black MOH recipient, Japanese American unit
The Pentagon said pages honoring minority troops were mistakenly removed — but defended its efforts to cut content ...
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Is Gundam’s new penchant for female protagonists “unrealistic”? Japanese aviation and military journalist shoots down complaints
Since “female pilots are unrealistic because men generally make stronger soldiers” is an often-cited point among naysayers, MagMix decided to invite Japanese aviation and military journalist Kentaro ...
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Museum offers new home to gun St. Paulites used to fire first American shots of WWII
The men of the Ward didn’t yet realize it, but they had just fired the first American shots of World War II. Japanese warplanes ... director of the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum ...
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The loss of HMAS Perth, 1 March 1942
where she was attacked by Japanese aircraft that day and the next without sustaining any damage. The Perth sailed for Surabaya on 25 February, in company with four Royal Navy ships. On 26 February the ...