Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. Army, WWII (1942-1945)

Senator Daniel Inouye served in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012. At the time of his death, he was America's second-longest sitting Senator, which is not at all surprising considering he could easily be considered one of World War II's hardest men to kill. This Japanese-American, who faced discrimination and segregation, had every reason to sit this war out if he so chose with a bitter heart. But considering he was raised by a father who told him the following upon...

American Doolittle Raid And the Brutal Japanese Reprisals (1942)

Battlefield Chronicles, World War II

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, is one of the most well-known events of the Second World War. Less well-known is the Doolittle Raid, in which American B-25 bombers bombed the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Kobe on April 18, 1942, in response to Pearl Harbor.Tragically, the Japanese reprisal for the Doolittle Raid - the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign - is barely remembered today, even though it cost 250,000 Chinese civilians their lives.After the shock of the...

Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier for Pearl Harbor Hero – MA2 Doris Miller, U.S. Navy (1939–1943)

Profiles in Courage, World War II

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, at Pearl Harbor, the Navy is expected to announce that a $12.5 billion aircraft carrier will be named after Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller, the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor for his actions on December 7, 1941, when he manned a machine gun on the USS West Virginia to fire back at attacking Japanese planes. "I think that Doris Miller is an American hero simply because of what he represents as a young man going beyond the...

Navy Corpsman Robert E. Bush (1944 – 1945)

Profiles in Courage, World War II

Robert Eugene Bush wasn't old enough to join the Navy when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. He was still in high school. His neighbor in his hometown of Raymond, Washington, was a Fireman aboard the USS Arizona. "He's still on board the Arizona," Bush said in a Veterans History Project Interview. Bush could barely stand the wait to join the war. He wouldn't be old enough until his 17th birthday in the Fall of 1943. He and a friend from school dropped out and enlisted...

Japanese Tried A Second Raid on Pearl Harbor

Military Myths and Legends, World War II

Everyone knows about the first bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Less well known, however, was the second attack. And there was almost a third. The first one was just a warm-up. The Imperial Japanese Navy planned several more attacks on the U.S. mainland - starting with California and Texas. It was called Ke-Sakusen (Operation Strategy), better known as "Operation K." Its aim was four-fold: (1) to assess the damage at Pearl Harbor; (2) to stop the ongoing rescue and...

Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier for Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller, Navy Cross Recipient

Military News, World War II

Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier for Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller
Description: The Navy’s latest aircraft carrier will be named for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller. Together We Served examines this great honor.

American Doolittle Raid and the Brutal Japanese Reprisals

Battlefield Chronicles, World War II

After Pearl Harbor came the American Doolittle Raid and the brutal Japanese reprisals in China. Together We Served looks closer.

World War II Veterans

Military Campaign Stories, World War II

Attention, WWII history buffs, look no further! Together We Served have brought together some very interesting facts about World War II and the veterans who fought in this war. Together We Served will even help you find WWII veterans with the veteran locator tool!

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