Vought F4U-1 Corsair “Ole 122” of VMF-111 holds a unique place in U.S. aviation history as the only warplane cited for “performance above & beyond the call of duty” during WWII. In 1944 this fighter flew 80,000 miles across 100 combat missions with no mechanical issues.

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RT @timfarmer: April 4, 1945 – Yontan Airfield, Okinawa. Days after U.S. capture, footage shows the Yokosuka MXY-7 Baka Bomb disassembled.….

RT @muginekosikikan: ＃日本海軍.空襲を受け大破着底した戦艦日向

USS TEXAS (BB-35) 🇺🇸 from a far. Some excellent clear photos taken 08/29/2025 from Pier 21 Galveston, TX. 📷 | Museum Ships (Facebook)

RT @HiddenHistoryYT: USS Shangri-La approaching USS Attu (not in photo) to transfer personnel and supplies, Pacific Ocean, 3 Sep 1945 https….

RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1945, FADM Chester Nimitz decided to visit wounded Japanese servicemen in a hospital as an act of goodwill foll….

RT @NavalInstitute: Following the surrender of Japan in 1945, FADM Chester Nimitz planned to go ashore at Yokosuka without his Marine order….

RT @muginekosikikan: ＃日本海軍.大破着底した重巡洋艦青葉

RT @NavalInstitute: Witnesses to the surrender on USS Missouri #OTD in 1945 received a souvenir card. Some officials in the U.S. requested….

RT @WWIImuseum: Eighty years ago today, Japanese representatives signed the formal surrender documents of World War II aboard the USS Misso….

IJN HATSUHARU (初春) 🇯🇵 | On the night of 13 Nov 44 after returning to Manila Bay she was caught in a 🇺🇸 air raid. Series of near misses set fires, buckled plates causing her to sink in shallow water. Attack killed 12 crew, injured 60, but 218 survived. 📷 | US NAVY

RT @MilHistNow: On this day in 1945, Japan unconditionally surrenders to the Allies. The ceremony takes place aboard the American battleshi….

RT @USMMWWII: #VJDDay Victory over Japan Day, which occurred on September 2, 1945 in the U.S. commemorates Japan's surrender, signifying th….

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RT @MemeDialogues: Japan 🇯🇵 ~ A Rare Thread 🧵 . 1. Hiroshima, Japan in 1946. One year after the attack in August of 1945. .

USS LA VALLETTE (DD-448) 🇺🇸 during the Marcus Island Raid, 1943. Commissioned in 1942, she served on Atlantic convoy duty then was sent to Pacific where she was torpedoed by a 🇯🇵 bomber (1944), decommissioned (1946) then sold to Peru for parts (1974). 📷 | LIFE Magazine

THE WAR IS OVER | Japanese Major Wako Lisanori 🇯🇵 surrenders to Lt Colonel O N Smyth 🇬🇧 of the 10th Gurkha Rifles in Burma, 30 August 1945. 📷 | IWM SE 4612

S-Class Submarine SS-37 🇺🇸 which was ordered to Darwin 🇦🇺 on 7 Jan 1942. She was caught up in the battle for Java and later served throughout the Pacific. She sank undertow in 1945 off Imperial Beach, California in 65ft of water where she still rests today.

RT @EugenPinak: Yesterday I’ve posted screens showing rarely seen IJN torpedo cruiser. It’s probably Ooi because all smokestacks are of sam….