This Day On...

Dec. 10, 1943. Tokorina Airfield, Pacific Theater.

The Other Flag Raising

Hoisting the Confederate Flag on an Okinawan Beach. April 4, 1945

The Mosquito Fleet

An unsung part of WWII naval history is the role the PT boats played. Basically there to harass the Japanese and hunt subs, PT boat crews were home to 12-15 men on an 80-foot-long wooden boat. They carried torpedoes, depth charges, and 50mm and 20mm machine guns. They were dirty, non-regulation squids that were WWII's equivalent to pirates.



Crew of PT-190 in the South Pacific. The broom signifies a successful mission.

Pacific Army

The Pacific Theater of Operations was not all Marines and Navy. The Army was there too...


25th Infantry Division on Guadalcanal.


Dead Japanese on Leyte.


25th ID on Luzon, 1945.