On February 9, 1969, the Boeing 747, the world’s first wide-body jet, took its maiden flight, revolutionising air travel.

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

After training, Phillips was assigned to H Company, 2nd Battalion ... including the Battle of the Tenaru. Phillips and his unit were taken off Guadalcanal on December 22, 1942 and eventually ...

The Battle of Guadalcanal was a military campaign fought ... in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major land offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.

whom had just invaded Guadalcanal two days before. A US Navy strategical and tactical analysis of the battle, which was published in 1950, praised the commanding Japanese admiral, Gunichi Mikawa ...

Every day starts a new story. The brutal battle for Okinawa lasted three months. By comparison it took six months to secure ...

Two months after the U.S. defeated Japan at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the U.S. Marines kicked off their Pacific ...

John Basilone was killed in action during the battle of Iwo Jima and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism — making him the first and ... during the Battle of Guadalcanal, when he ...