March 1942. In the Indian Ocean, the tiny Australian sloop HMAS Yarra faces three Japanese cruisers and four destroyers while escorting a British convoy. Outnumbered seven to one, Commander Robert ...
After the costly landings, U.S. Marines advanced into Peleliu’s rugged interior, a landscape of jagged coral ridges, hidden ...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - On this day in history, a critical defensive stand occurred in the early months of the American ...