#pacific theater

[captain-price-unofficially]

Col. Neel E. Kearby, a Medal of Honor recipient, developed aggressive tactics that exploited the strengths of the P-47 Thunderbolt. With 22 victories, he became the highest-scoring Thunderbolt pilot in the Pacific Theater.

[usafphantom2]

March 1944

F4U Corsair of VF-17 undergoing maintenance on Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea.

@WW2airfields via X

[carnageandculture]

Footage of Japanese planes being shot down over the Pacific during World War II

[theworldatwar]

US Alligator landing vehicles head toward Japanese defences on Peleliu - September 1944 CREDIT : Royston Leonard / Mediadrumworld

[oldshowbiz]

Hollywood Boulevard as seen in the horror movie Jack's Back (1988)

[admiralnelsoniii]

So the story of this piece, roughly, is that the B-26 was being attacked by Japanese fighters and dove for the deck trying to shake them and ended up buzzing the flight deck of an IJN Carrier! Lol I bet that was one hell of a ride!

[short-wooloo]

Watch "Why Japan Surrendered" on YouTube

Because I've been seeing a lot of reductionist takes on the subject where it's boiled down to "the bombs had nothing to do with the surrender, Japan was already going to surrender, the real thing that tipped them over was the soviet invasion of Japsnese held Manchuria "

The short answer is: most Japanese officials knew they lost, they were expecting to surrender, but they were hoping to drag it out, draw as much allied blood as possible, and extract some concessions, and ultimately the atomic bombings and soviet invasion are both the reason for the Japanese surrender, it's just that depending on whether you were a civilian or military or whether you were in Japan or stationed afar, one would have a more apparent impact and clear reason for surrendering than the other

[victusinveritas]

Robert Conrad(left) portrayed Pappy Boyington(right) in the American TV series Ba Ba Black Sheep

[todaysdocument]

GI's of the 11th Air Force at Amchitca, Aleutian Islands, entering the Post Exchange. 12 October 1943. (U.S. Air Force Number 67260AC)

Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations Series: Photographs of Activities, Facilities and Personnel

Black and white photograph of service men waiting in line on a wooden walkway.  On the left side there is a building with a sign that says “Post Exchange.”  On the right is a pile of dirt.

[captain-price-unofficially]

“Stinky” official ship’s mascot of USS Chenango (CVE-28) being fed by Carpenter Collins while at Havannah Harbor, Efate, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) 21 April 1943

[usafphantom2]

Corsair 🇺🇸♥️

@Sylvia70485099🇫🇷🇺🇦 via X

[lonestarbattleship]

"Japanese warships, including a Yamato-class battleship, maneuvering while under attack by Task Force 38 Aircraft, in the Tablas Strait, Philippines. One of the attacking planes shadow shows on a cloud above the Japanese ships."

Date: October 24, 1944

NHHC: 80-G-432481

[theworldatwar]

A US marine uses binoculars to watch as Manila burns - March 1945

[der-einsame-abenteurer]

[oldshowbiz]

The iconic Warner Pacific Theater. Historically protected so it can't be knocked down, but structurally too unsafe to inhabit due to the Northridge earthquake.

It shall stand dormant forever.

[abolishthefed]