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Colin “Russ” Gibbins: Gold Coast World War II veteran who witnessed Japanese Surrender turns 100 just after Anzac Day
World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.
USS Missouri’s kamikaze exhibit shares different perspective on Japanese fighter pilots
A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot ...
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Why a U.S. Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII's Battle of Okinawa
A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11 ... marking one of ...
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80th anniversary of kamikaze attack on USS Missouri emphasizes reconciliation
Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was ...
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NOAA camera dives down to sunken U.S. World War II ship — and finds a car inside
A crew researching an iconic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during World War II made a remarkable ... found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously ...
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A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here's why
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited ... and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral ...