The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...

Pacific Historic Parks He received several commendations for his service, including the World War II Victory Medal and a special congressional medal dedicated to Pearl Harbor veterans. After the ...

“I had to look it up on a map to find it was in ... Eighty years after Pearl Harbor, Herwig looks back on his military service during World War II with pride. “My time was not in vain.

The Milwaukee Brewers honored Edward Miklavcic, a 105-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II veteran, with a ceremonial first pitch on April 16. The Milwaukee Brewers honored Edward ...

(WFXT) – A special celebration was held in Massachusetts as a World War II veteran turned 105 years ... an important role during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

The battleships of its Pacific Fleet lay at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, victims of the Japanese ... stripped of all unnecessary weight. On April 2, 1942, the carrier U.S.S. Hornet slipped out ...

Wikimedia Commons Most fatalities in World War I occurred not from the direct ... It was rushed to Pearl Harbor where it proved enormously successful in the first battlefield setting.

This is episode 2 of a special 3-part Short History of Pearl Harbor. Written by Jo Furniss. With thanks to Professor Phillips O’Brien, author of How The War Was Won; Dr Takuma Melber ...