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Japan’s own ‘Pearl Harbor’ was the original target for U.S. Nukes

The Truk Atoll, now known as the Chuuk Lagoon, lies about 900 miles northeast of the main island of Papua New Guinea and ...
Caliban Rising on MSN

Pearl Harbor Combat Rasmussen’s Heroic Fight

Philip Rasmussen and a few fellow pilots launched their P-36 Hawks into the attack, facing Japanese Mitsubishi Zeroes in a desperate dogfight over Kaneohe Bay. Despite severe aircraft damage and ...
Stars and Stripes

One of the last US survivors of Pearl Harbor dies at 102

Jessie A. Mahaffey, one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the USS Oklahoma during the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, died March 1 in Alexandria, La. He was 102. The ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

2 Pearl Harbor attack survivors attend 83rd anniversary ceremony

Two survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor attended this year’s anniversary ceremony. Ira “Ike” Schab, who is 104-years-old, stood up from his wheelchair with the help of his ...

‘Japan’s Pearl Harbor’ was the original target for US nukes

The Truk Atoll, now known as the Chuuk Lagoon, lies about 900 miles northeast of the main island of Papua New Guinea and 3,500 miles southeast of Hawaii. Japan used the atoll to help double its ...