In the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, 27 Marines and sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for action on Iwo Jima. No other campaign surpassed that number.

In the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, 27 Marines and sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for action on Iwo Jima. No other campaign surpassed that number.

Yoshikuni Igarashi, PhD answers more of the audience’s questions from the February 2022 webinar on post-1945 Japan

Private George Watson received the Medal of Honor for his courageous rescue of fellow soldiers.

Thanks to the escape of the “Davao Dozen” from Japanese captivity in April 1943, Americans learned of the Bataan Death March.

Collin Kelly’s story of bravery during the first bombing missions in the Pacific flourished at a time when nearly all war news was grim.

Lieutenant Alexander R. Nininger received the first Medal of Honor of World War II. 
 

AMM2c Durell Wade made the ultimate sacrifice manning his battlestation on USS Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In a strange case of life after death, the resurrected guns of the USS Arizona fired at the end of the war.

Yoshikuni Igarashi examines the impact of World War II and Japan’s defeat on postwar Japanese memory.