“A date which will live in infamy.” On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on a U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. American forces endured critical losses, spurring the United ...

After four years of intense fighting in the Pacific, American forces decided they would need airfields nearby to Japan in order to invade the country and hasten an end to the conflict. To achieve this ...

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