As biographer Kenneth Ray Young noted, after a victorious battle in February, "newspaper headlines in the United States proclaimed that in the Philippines, 'Tis Dewey on the Sea, and MacArthur on ...
The Philippines held a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of a fierce battle on its Leyte island during World War Two. Participants renewed their pledge to never wage war again.
New York: Osprey Bloomsbury, 2023. Pp. 320+. Illus., maps, tables, appends., notes, biblio., index. $30.00. ISBN: 1472851757 A Fresh Look at the Greatest Sea Battle This new look at America’s retaking ...
knocked out 501 of the Jap’s fast-disappearing planes—more even than the 420 wiped out in the Battle of the Philippine Sea last June. As spice for this performance, Halsey’s flyers damaged ...