Bea Arthur, US Marine
Bernice Frankel's Official Military Personnel File reveals a Golden Girl's WWII service history.
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The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Experience: Part Four.
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The Words of War
Facing their own demise, submarine-warfare pioneers Dudley “Mush” Morton and Richard O’Kane land a fatal blow.
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History Through the Viewfinder
The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Experience: Part Three.
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The Words of War
A casual conversation over bottles of ale in a Hawaii apartment outlines a revolution in submarine attack tactics.
European Theater of Operations
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My Gal Sal enters US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center airspace.
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My Gal Sal's journey to the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center.
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The Words of War
In William Shirer's war memoir, two foreign correspondents walk in a Berlin park and share a farewell drink as a global inferno nears ignition.
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The Words of War
A passage from William Shirer's memoir of The Nightmare Years bears witness to the stark brutality of 1940 Europe.
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Rexford H. Dettre Jr.
A captured fighter pilot's escape attempts were as numerous as they were brazen.
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Black History Month
Explore Museum assets—from oral histories to online resources to exhibit content to essays by our historians—to learn more about the African American experience in World War II.
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The US Invasion of North Africa
As the "Hinge of Fate" was turning across the globe, Operation Torch became the US military's first step toward defeat of Nazi Germany in Europe.
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History Through the Viewfinder
With a glimpse of Stalin's grave in Red Square, a brutal legacy rewinds.
Pacific Theater of Operations
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History Through the Viewfinder
The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Experience: Part Four.
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The Words of War
Facing their own demise, submarine-warfare pioneers Dudley “Mush” Morton and Richard O’Kane land a fatal blow.
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History Through the Viewfinder
The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Experience: Part Three.
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The Words of War
A casual conversation over bottles of ale in a Hawaii apartment outlines a revolution in submarine attack tactics.
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History Through the Viewfinder
The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Submarine Experience: Part Two.
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The Words of War
In his memoir, the captain of the USS Tang displays good-humored responses to revelations by his men.
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History Through the Viewfinder
The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Submarine Experience: Part One.
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The Words of War
In a memoir by legendary USS Tang Captain Richard O’Kane, we glimpse the mind-set of a warrior and leader determined to succeed in the cold, pitiless reality of war.
