So the Japanese were concocting sophisticated weapons which they knew they could not produce much like the half-ass attack on Pearl Harbor. They...
The Japanese were good in making gadgets. They still are. Military historians claim that they (Japanese) had better aircraft, much more powerful...
I don't believe any of the civilian internees ever knew where the source of the food which were being tossed over the concrete fence at night....
As a toddler I lived on the first floor of a two story house two blocks from the University of Sto. Tomas in Manila, Philippines where most US...
The way I understand it, the Imperial Japanese Navy, unlike the US Submarine Force, failed to use their submarines in offensive operations....
Addendum. So it was the 8th Cavalry instead of the 1st who first entered and liberated the internees inside the university campus. During the...
I think I got the answer. I was watching YouTube (Liberation of Sto. Tomas) and it mentioned the 1st Cavalry as the unit that first entered the...
Let's face it. The United States was simply ill prepared both in terms of men and material to do any meaningful defense of the island against the...
I was a ten year old toddler living about two blocks from the University of Sto Tomas where US civilians were interned during the duration of the...
History reports that during the Battle for Midway, about 35 or so torpedo bombers (TBMs I presume) were sent to attack the Japanese carriers....
On the other hand, today the US Navy has its battle groups which is built around an aircraft carrier in just about every ocean in the world. Has...
Would the application of aircraft carriers in the Battle for Europe been as effective as it did in the Pacific? Could naval aircraft from these...
We along with other Allied Powers Britain in particular lost too many of our heavy bombers during raids to Germany and surrounding occupied...
I and a group of others were interned in Sangley Point, Cavite (ex-US Naval Station) for five days after being sworned into the US Navy. I just...
Don is my handle. Born in Manila, Philippines. Went thru four years of Japanese occupation as a toddler. Joined the Us Navy (submarines) and...
