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The Daily World published an 8-page “Extra” edition with the headline “U.S. attacks Iraq.” That was the first “Extra” edition in nearly 46 years — Aug. 14, 1945 — as Japan surrendered to end World War ...
On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to ...
During the ferocious battle, Alexander Bonnyman led a 21-man demolition team against the main bomb-proof shelter on Tarawa.
The morning of Feb. 19, 1945, dawned eerily quiet as Dale Faughn made his way toward the shores of the remote Japanese island of Iwo Jima. But in an instant, the 20-millimeter dual purpose guns buried ...