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Like Shooting Turkeys
When the US invasion of Saipan landed forces ominously close to Japan in June 1944, the empire responded with a preplanned assault. Then its planes started dropping from the sky. By Bill Sloan
Red River Kids at War
Three spunky siblings in central Louisiana did their best for the war effort. And they had some fun doing it. By Kevin M. Hymel
Plotting Postwar Peace
With defeat of the Axis all but certain, Allied leaders met at the regal Dumbarton Oaks estate in Georgetown to figure out how to defeat war itself. By Mark Weisenmiller
The Cactus Air Force
The patched-together air group based at Guadalcanal’s Henderson Field was a hodge-podge of marine, navy, army, and New Zealander units. But it gave the Japanese plenty to worry about. America in WWII Photo Essay
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