Follow the climactic battles and aftermath of Operation Hailstone that shattered Japanese control of Truk Lagoon. From naval engagements with battleships Iowa and New Jersey to night raids and the ...

My first instinct was to jump overboard.” That was how Air Group 9 leader Lieutenant Commander Philip H. Torrey Junior ...

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 ...