Named after the former Japanese province of Musashi, she was one of three Yamato-class battleships constructed for the ...
T he Battle of Leyte Gulf, which took place from October 23–26, 1944, was a decisive air and sea battle of World War II that ...
CL-89 was also commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Yard, in December 1943. It took part in several Pacific campaigns, ...
World War II stands as one of the most important events in human history. It shaped much of the current geopolitical landscape and altered the balance of power for the second half of the 20th century, ...
Como combines this this information with many personal accounts, so that he is able to reconstruct the battle as it unfolded. The narrative often cuts back and forth between several ships, and both ...
A Fresh Look at the Greatest Sea Battle. This new look at America’s retaking the Philippines from the Japanese in the fall of 1944 focuses on the battle of Leyte Gulf, the large ...
“A capital ship for an ocean trip/Was ‘The Walloping Window Blind’/No gale that blew dismayed her crew/Or troubled the captain's mind … And the gunner we had was apparently mad/For he sat ...
Independence and its aircraft had taken part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, considered by some the largest naval battle in history. One engagement of that battle, the Battle of the ...
Three months later, the Johnston was shelling the beaches at Kwajalein in the Pacific and saw action in several other battles, but things were relatively quiet until the Battle of Leyte Gulf ...
Buried in Grafton, Steve Shields fought through Italy in WWII as part of the 365th Infantry Regiment, also known as the famed ...
The Japanese Navy had ceased to be an effective fighting force after the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October of 1944. Pilot Shimada flew in the Special Attack Forces that targeted the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf destroyed the Japanese Navy as an effective fighting force. It was during this battle that U.S. sailors first witnessed the kamikaze attacks that would become ...