SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — In the closing days of World War II, a Japanese American set out with other men from the infamous internment camp at Manzanar on a trip to the mountains, where he went off on his own to paint a watercolor and got caught in a freak summer snowstorm. A hiker […]
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75th anniversary of Battle of Peleliu to be commemorated
The 75th anniversary of the Battle of Peleliu, the bloody war between the American and Japanese troops during World War 2, is going to be commemorated at the South Dock of Peleliu State on September 28. Peleliu State Governor Temmy Shmull, in a phone interview, said that the United States Embassy in Palau and the […]
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WW2 Japanese survivors, kin to give ambulance, fire truck to MOJ
Updated as of September 16, 2019| 10:33am Some Japanese men who survived the fierce World War 2 battle in Palau, including their relatives, will arrive in the country by the end of the month to donate an ambulance and fire truck to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). MOJ Chief of Staff Earnest Ongidobel said in […]
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Large cache of Japanese ordnance found on Peleliu WW2 battle field
The Cleared Ground Demining, a British Non-Government Organization (NGO), through its Palauans team had found a hidden Japanese ordnance cache which is said to be untouched for 75 years on a World War 2 battle field in Peleliu. The large cache of ordnance included 66 hand grenades, 26 knee mortars and various other types of […]
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Kin of WWII soldier visit Palau to dive in crash site
Albert “Bud” Rybarczyk, a radioman killed when Grumman TBF Avenger bomber crashed in Aimeliik State in Palau in 1944. (Photo courtesy of Project Recover) The visit to Palau of two of the relatives of Albert “Bud” Rybarczyk, a radioman killed when Grumman TBF Avenger bomber crashed in Aimeliik State in Palau in 1944, will be […]
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Assessment of the Second World War and its repercussions on the Pacific Islands
Representational Image The world has witnessed drastic effects of two world wars, and every time there are tensions escalating between two nations it is alarming for other nations as it could lead to a third world war. The Pacific Ocean has been the area of Japanese aggression in Second World War and counter attack by […]