Category Archives: World War II

Army nurses liberated from Santo Tomas, February 12, 1945
World War II

The Angels of Bataan

During World War II, Japan held 78 U.S. military nurses as POWs. These women, members of the Army Nurse and Navy Nurse Corps, would come to be known as the “Angels of Bataan and Corregidor” or “The Battling Belles of Bataan.”

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D-Day, June 6th 1944
World War II

D-Day: The Invasion Of Normandy

D-Day was the name given to the June 6, 1944 invasion of the beaches at Normandy in northern France. Eight…

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Navajo Code Talkers In World War II
World War II

The Navajo Code Talkers

The contribution of the Navajo Code Talkers is one of most overlooked parts of World War II, but that doesn’t…

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American military personnel gather in Paris to celebrate victory over Japan.
World War II

V-J Day

The end of one of the bloodiest and largest conflicts in all human history came on August 14th and August…

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World War II

The Berlin Airlift

The first crisis of the Cold War, the Berlin Crisis, started on June 24th when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road,…

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Six Triple Eight
World War II

The Women of the 6888th Battalion

On the 14th of February 1945, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the Six Triple Eight, was stationed in…

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The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the Air…

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Pearl Harbor 80th Anniversary
World War II

National Pearl Harbor Day 2021

December 7, 2021 marks the 80th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack by Japan caused over 2,400…

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