WarsofTheWorld on MSN4h
When Japanese Soldiers Ate Captured US Pilots During WWII...
The island of Chichijima, at first glance, may seem an unremarkable place in the vast Pacific Ocean. Part of the Ogasawara ...
The Western Journal on MSN14d
80 Years Ago Elite US Soldiers Conducted Raid Liberating Over 500 POWs Behind Enemy Lines
Eighty years ago a company of U.S. Army Rangers and Filipino guerrilla fighters conducted the most successful rescue mission ...
usace.army.mil4d
The 75th Ranger Regiment Remembers the Great Raid
The Raid on Cabanatuan, comprised of the 6th Ranger Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Henry A. Mucci, Sixth U.S. Army, Alamo ...
Task & Purpose6d
Marine who served on Iwo Jima recalls the time a Japanese soldier asked for some of his hot chocolate
when he heard a Japanese soldier inviting him over. By Paul Szoldra Updated on Feb 23, 2021 The Battle of Iwo Jima, which began Feb. 19, 1945, was one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps ...
CNN17d
Death sentence for Chinese knife attacker who stabbed Japanese mother, child
when Japanese soldiers blew up a Japanese-owned railway in northeast China and blamed Chinese forces for the attack as a pretext to invade. The two attacks raised alarm among Japanese living in ...
Stars and Stripes11d
New Mexico Military Museum’s new exhibit to honor WWII prisoners of war in the Pacific
Several weeks earlier, the Palawan Massacre took place in the Philippines, where 139 American POWs were killed by Japanese ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican11d
New exhibit features flags from Japanese POW camp that held New Mexico Bataan survivors
The museum will showcase flags central to the liberation of American soldiers who were kept prisoners of war following the ...
scmp.com28d
One man's story of life during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the second world war
The Japanese are coming!” All of the villagers would panic. Those who were brave stayed; others ran to hide in the mountains. Soldiers would march in and line all of the villagers up ...