USS Portland Takes Out Drone With A Laser
USNI News Amphibious ship USS Portland (LPD-27) shot down a drone with a laser weapon during a first-of-its-kind at-sea test of the Navy’s high-energy laser weapon system. The Navy is [Read More]
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The Pearl Harbor Attack Was Only The Beginning
The Imperial Navy of Japan crippled the U.S. Pacific Fleet, but a number of the big ships were refloated and returned to service during the war. Most of them were able [Read More]
Pearl Harbor memory lingers, an echo of love and loss
ChicagoSunTimes: Stanley Swiontek played the clarinet, and it might have cost him his life. The Chicagoan was a cook on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor which, like many ships, [Read More]
What I Saw Aboard the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941
[Fox] Editor’s note: The following column is adapted from “All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor’s Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor.“ I was aboard the USS Arizona on the morning [Read More]
‘Day of Infamy’ never forgotten by patriotic Americans
LifeZette:Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The battleship USS Arizona, all these years later, remains a watery grave on the sea floor for 1,177 officers [Read More]
White House statement to ‘embittered’ World War II veterans
BizPacReview : […] “Yes, there may be some who feel personally embittered,” he said. “But I’m confident that many will set aside their own personal bitterness, not because they’re [Read More]