Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

By appearances, however, the group visit by the SDF members in uniform appears an organized ... was administered jointly by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and was the spiritual pillar of ...

Most devastating, Americans simply underestimated the Japanese. Their success at Pearl ... If pitted against the Americans over time, the Imperial Navy would never be able to make up its ...

On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...

Looking back through history, it’s often difficult to see passed events that have so shaped our modern world. The story of Japan in World War II for example has often left those in the west with an ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter ... when it was hopelessly losing. The Imperial Navy founded the Kamikaze Tokko Tai, which translates as Divine Wind Special ...

Tomesuke Umeki, an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, carried the sword with him when he left Takaharu around 1941 for a Japanese-controlled territory during the Pacific War. He traveled from ...

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