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A Fisherman Spotted A Sunken World War II Warship Off The Coast Of Brazil That Was Hit By A Torpedo Over Eighty Years Ago
The Brazilian Navy has confirmed the location of the sunken warship Vital de Oliveira. The vessel transported troops during ...
Photos: World War II flying boat makes stop in Bay Area en route to new home
A World War II-era flying boat made a stop in the Bay Area on Sunday as part of a highly anticipated trip to its new home: an aviation museum in Arizona. The Philippine Mars, a cargo ...
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Pacific War author’s ‘Guam,’ due in March, fills a void
“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on James Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering ...
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Argentine Congress and Simon Wiesenthal Center seek answers on 'Submarine' wreck
Fabio Bisciotti has worked for the Pentagon in the identification of United States shipwrecks from World War II – Credit: LNI Despite the initial Government inquest, costing over 60 million ...
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PT-109: The WWII Boat of LTJG (and Future POTUS) John F. Kennedy
Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was built by the Electric Launch Company, now known as Elco Motor Yachts, headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey. It was laid down on March 3, 1942, launched on June 20, 1942, ...
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Major Pacific Battles
but the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from the main islands of Japan. The U.S. planned that Okinawa ...
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Marine pollution from sunken vessels
The majority of these wrecks date back to World War I and II (WWI and WWII) and contain harmful chemical pollutants, unexploded munitions and an estimated 6 billion gallons of heavy fuel oil. This is ...
More than 170 World War II-era bombs found under U.K. playground
The unexploded ordnance, discovered during a site renovation, were described as “practice bombs” that still carry a charge ...
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Scores of unexploded World War II bombs discovered under children’s playground
Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...
Rare World War II flying boat makes stop in Bay Area
The 117-foot long Philippine Mars flew is one of two of its kind still in existence, anchored in Alameda overnight.
World War II-era Philippine Mars makes historic flight to SF Bay before retiring in Arizona
History was made over the weekend in San Francisco Bay. 80-year-old Philippine Mars water bomber plane touched down near Alameda in an 800-mile journey from British Columbia, before ending its voyage ...
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World War II and the Holocaust, 1939–1945
As more Allied soldiers saw the camps with their own eyes, the truth was undeniable. Transcript TEXT ON SCREEN: World War II and the Holocaust, 1939-1945 NARRATOR: As the Nazi regime implemented its ...