Japanese landings at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon
Just two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces struck another major blow by landing large invasion forces along the shores of Lingayen Gulf in northern Luzon on December 22nd, 1941.
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Joseph R. Julian
The black volcanic sand of Iwo Jima offered no cover, only shallow shell holes and jagged rock. On the morning of March 9, 1945, Platoon Sergeant Joseph R. Julian lay there with the rest of his company, pressed into the ash while enemy fire tore long furrows across the slope. Ahead of them, a line of Japanese trenches and pillboxes guarded a critical rise. Machine guns hammered from narrow firing slits.
KC-135 Stratotanker
A story of reach and endurance told through the tanker crews who turned fuel into combat power across half a century of wars and crises.
Lexington-class Aircraft Carriers
A story of speed, reach, and improvisation told through the flight decks, hangar bays, and air groups that fought from these big decks.
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty enters into force
In the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis, another October date marked a different kind of strategic turning point.
Los Angeles–class Attack Submarines
A story of undersea reach and relentless pursuit, told through the crews who spent months in the dark hunting other submarines they hoped never to be seen by.
M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer
A story of mobile firepower and thin armor told through the crews who fought from its open turret and the enemies who tried to stop it.
M104 Wolverine Bridgelayer
A story of mobility under armor, told through the engineers and armored brigades that depended on a bridge to keep the advance moving.
M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer
A story of long-range firepower and survivability told through the crews who rode this tracked gun into modern armored battles.
M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer
A story of speed, improvisation, and thin armor told through the crews and battles that defined it.
M26 Pershing
A story of firepower and adaptation told through the crews who took the Pershing from the ruins of Germany to the hills of Korea.
M4 Sherman
A story of adaptation, reliability, and hard lessons in steel, told through the crews who fought from its turret.
M41 Walker Bulldog
A story of mobility, firepower, and adaptation told through a light tank and the crews who drove it into the heart of the Cold War’s proxy wars.
M551 Sheridan
A story of airborne firepower and fragile protection told through the crews and battles that defined it.
M60 Patton
A story of survivability, firepower, and adaptation told through the Marine crews and desert battles that defined it.
M65 Atomic Cannon
A story of nuclear firepower and uneasy deterrence told through the crews, observers, and test shots that defined the United States’ only nuclear gun.
M88 Hercules
A story of hard-learned recovery, brute-force engineering, and keeping broken armor in the fight when everything else says it should be left behind.
March on Yorktown begins
One year later, on September 28th, 1781, a combined American and French army moved out from around Williamsburg and advanced toward British positions at Yorktown, Virginia.