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AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
Operation Avalanche: U.S. Navy's 4th Beach Battalion Assault on Salerno During World War II
Without the presence of the U.S. Navy's 4th Beach Battalion on the fire-swept beaches of Salerno, Operation Avalanche might well have failed.
   
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U.S. Marine Norman Moïse Recalls the World War II Invasion of Tarawa
The returning amtrac churned toward the safety of the invasion fleet at Tarawa. A Japanese shell splashed close behind. A second exploded to the right. Then came the third.
 
AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
D-Day: U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division's Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach
As soldiers of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division leaped from their landing craft into the choppy waters off Omaha Beach, many cursed the landing-craft pilots who had deposited them too far away from the invasion beach.
   
 
JAPAN'S UNDERWATER CONVOYS
World War II: Yanagi Missions -- Japan's Underwater Convoys
A series of top-secret Japanese submarine missions could have altered the course of World War II.
 
JUNO MAYRU
Juno Mayru: Torpedoed By British Submarine HMS Tradewind
A callous disregard for the rules of war doomed the Allied prisoners on a Japanese merchantman to death at the hands of their own countrymen.
   
 
HMS SEAL
British Submarine HMS Seal
Faced with impending disaster, the captain of the submarine HMS Seal was forced to choose between surrendering or going down with his ship.
 
JAPANESE SUBMARINES ON THE U.S. PACIFIC COAST
Japanese Submarines Prowl the U.S. Pacific Coastline in 1941
For a week in December 1941, Japanese submarines prowled the U.S. Pacific coastline, searching for merchant ships to sink.
   
 
USS LISCOME BAY
USS Liscome Bay: Hit By a Torpedo Near Makin Atoll During World War II
As the escort carrier Liscome Bay turned to launch its aircraft off Makin Atoll on November 24, 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Sunao Tabata of I-175 found himself presented with a target that submariners dream of.
 
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USS Westchester County: Attacked During the Vietnam War
When VC frogmen struck USS Westchester County, they inflicted the Navy's greatest single-incident combat loss of the war.
   
 
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
German Submarine U-505 Crewmember Hans Goebeler Recalls Being Captured During World War II
A German submarine became the first enemy vessel captured on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812. Hans Goebeler survived the ordeal aboard the U-boat.
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
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