From a remote Allied airfield, a single pilot launched repeated attacks against Japan’s most important Pacific stronghold. Flying relentless missions over Rabaul, he struck ships, airfields, and ...
Image: 10 x 10.5 in. (25.4 x 26.67 cm.) This work is on a 24 x 20 inch mat. Lieutenant Commander Horace Bristol photographed Rescue at Rabaul: PBY Blister Gunner during the Allied invasion of Rabaul, ...
Rabaul and the Psychological Collapse of Japanese Soldiers in World War II examines the devastating impact of the American island-hopping strategy on the Japanese garrison at Rabaul. Cut off from ...