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Then and Now: Memorial Day 1942

The Spokesman-Review 21 Apr 2025
Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing more than 2,400 Americans and heavily damaging major ships and the airfields there ... Navy posters emblazoned with “Avenge Pearl Harbor!” drew young men to enlist.
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NOAA Finds a Flashy Car Inside the Wreck of WWII Carrier USS Yorktown

The Maritime Executive 21 Apr 2025
She began her first Pacific patrol just months after Pearl Harbor and saw immediate action in the Marshall Islands and the Gilberts.
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Car found parked in hangar of sunken WWII ship USS Yorktown, baffling historians

Stars and Stripes 21 Apr 2025
The vehicle may have been brought aboard at Pearl Harbor during a very brief visit for repairs “sustained during the Battle of Coral Sea,” officials said ... The ship was being towed back to Pearl Harbor ...
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Boland Jr.: Defeat fascism before it’s too late

Aspen Times 21 Apr 2025
DID WE FIGHT AND DEFEAT FASCISM IN WWII. ONLY TO HAVE IT RESURRECTED IN THE USA. 80 YEARS LATER BY OUR PRESENT. ADMINISTRATION?. I turned 10 the day before Pearl Harbor and was too young to fight in World War II ... Clay Boland Jr. Carbondale .
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Doolittle Raid commemoration held in east China to honor peace, friendship

People Daily 21 Apr 2025
HANGZHOU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- A China-U.S ... The USS Hornet Museum, a retired U.S ... bombers, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, took off from the USS Hornet and raided Japan during World War II as retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor ... .
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NOAA wants your help identifying this WWII shipwreck’s mystery car

Popular Science 21 Apr 2025
a mystery car ... Credit. NOAA / Popular Science ... After sustaining damage during Midway, the aircraft carrier was fatally damaged by Japanese submarine torpedoes while en route to Pearl Harbor for repairs on June 7, 1942 ... “It’s a car ... “That is a full car.”.
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Letter from China: Commemorating Doolittle Raid rescue -- a story of courage and friendship

China.dot.org 21 Apr 2025
by Xinhua writer Peng Songhan ... Faktor was on a mission on April 18, 1942, when 16 U.S. bombers, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, took off from the USS Hornet and air-raided Japan in retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor ... Enditem .
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Commemorating Doolittle Raid rescue -- a story of courage and friendship

Beijing News 21 Apr 2025
Guests visit the site where the U.S ... bombers, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, took off from the USS Hornet and air-raided Japan in retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor ... "I was a child at that time and quite scared ... .
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Hyla Anne Hitchcock

The Lewiston Tribune 20 Apr 2025
They were transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where Hyla worked in the Civil Service and the Red Cross, assisting the families of deceased ...
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China Focus: Doolittle Raid rescue remembered as special bond between China, U.S.

China.dot.org 20 Apr 2025
This is the former resting place of Leland Faktor, a U.S ... On April 18, 1942, a group of 16 U.S. bombers took off from the USS Hornet and air-raided Japan in retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor ... Still, the rescue came at tremendous costs ... Enditem .
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