Sinking of the USS Tang: ‘Like the world coming to an end’
On Oct. 25, 1944, the USS Tang went down off the coast of China. It would take nearly a year for the true story behind the submarine’s fate to be told.
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Dorie Miller at Pearl Harbor: Telling a hero’s story
The heroic tale of Dorie Miller has become a familiar part of World War II lore, but it took months after the Pearl Harbor attack — and plenty of digging by one newspaper in particular — to bring Miller’s identity to light.
Read more43 Days: Vern Haugland’s fight to survive in New Guinea
Associated Press correspondent Vern Haugland bailed out of a B-26 over New Guinea on August 7, 1942 and spent the next six weeks in the jungle before wandering, delirious, into a native village. His diary chronicled a remarkable story of survival.
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World War II on Deadline 