The Bougainville Campaign, commencing in November 1943, showcased the evolution of Allied amphibious warfare and jungle ...
On November 2, 1943, during World War II, Major Raymond Wilkins led a daring low-level strike against the heavily fortified Japanese base at Rabaul. Flying a B-25 Mitchell already torn apart by ...
Image: 10.25 x 10 in. (26.04 x 25.4 cm.) Lieutenant Commander Horace Bristol photographed "Rescue at Rabaul: PBY Blister Gunner" during the Allied invasion of Rabaul, a Japanese-occupied port in Papua ...