Minnesota World War II veteran believed to be among last people alive who witnessed Japan treaty signing

Out of the 1,500 men on his ship, Del Thielke was the only one selected to be aboard the USS Missouri when the peace treaty ...
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Every Aircraft Carrier Japan Had Active During World War 2

Soon after the invention and mass adoption of airplanes, governments started used them for war. Suddenly, soldiers had to watch out for flying machines spraying hot lead and dropping bombs. However, ...
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Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed

It seems fighter planes and bombers weren't the only vehicles aboard a famous U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War II. A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the ...
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A tractor enthusiast wants to recover one onboard a sunken World War II carrier

On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...
The National Interest

Why Didn’t Italy Have an Aircraft Carrier During World War II?

Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing fleet air defense and strike capabilities. Not wanting to be viewed as the ‘sick man’ of the Axis ...