#united-states-navy

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• Guadalcanal: What Japan Could Have Done to Win

  After Savo Island, the Japanese had the Marines isolated and beachable. They squandered it. A look at why the Solomons turned the tide of the Pacific.

• Celebrating the Legacy of the UH-1 Huey

  From Bell Model 204 to the modern UH-1Y — the most recognized helicopter in the world and the doctrine of air mobility it carried into Ia Drang and beyond.

• The USS Indianapolis: A Final Mission and Naval Tragedy

  After delivering the atomic bomb to Tinian, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed and sank in 12 minutes — leading to the deadliest sea disaster in U.S. Navy history and a decades-long fight to clear her captain's name.