On August 2, 1964, the USS Maddox was conducting an intelligence mission in the Gulf of Tonkin when it was suddenly ambushed by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. The destroyer’s crew opened fire without ...
The Battle of Tarawa was the opening campaign of the U.S. drive across the central Pacific during World War II.
There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately ...
When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2025. Pp. x, 292. Illus., table, notes, biblio., index. $35.99 paper. ISBN: 1009559745 ...