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USS Arizona sinks in Pearl Harbor

USS Arizona sinks in Pearl Harbor. Written and sung by the soldiers on the Battaan Death March: We’re the Battling Bastards of Bataan; No Mama, no Papa, no Uncle Sam; No Aunts, no Uncles, no Nephews, no nieces No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces ……and nobody gives a damn!.

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USS Arizona sinks in Pearl Harbor

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  1. USS Arizona sinks in Pearl Harbor

  2. Written and sung by the soldiers on the Battaan Death March:We’re the Battling Bastards of Bataan;No Mama, no Papa, no Uncle Sam;No Aunts, no Uncles, no Nephews, no niecesNo pills, no planes, no artillery pieces……and nobody gives a damn!

  3. With only 450 feet of 'runway,' one of sixteen Army B-25 Mitchell bombers takes off from the deck of the USS HORNET on its way to take part in the Dolittle raid, first U.S. bombing raid on Japan

  4. Americans in North Africa- Operation Torch, 1942

  5. Heavily Armed Nazi Soldier Attacks During The Battle of The Bulge

  6. Patton relieves American Troops at Bastogne, 1945 Refugees are leaving the town.

  7. USS BUNKER HILL hit by two Kamikazes in 30 seconds off Kyushu, resulting in 372 dead and 264 wounded. May 11, 1945

  8. MacArthur fulfills his promise and returns to Philippines.

  9. Five Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raise the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, using a piece of Japanese pipe as a mast, February 23, 1945.

  10. The A-Bombs used over Japan; Little Boy (left) and Fat Man (right)

  11. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 Superfortress ENOLA GAY, waves from the cockpit just before taking off from Tinian Island to drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima.The 9,000 lb. bomb was dropped from 31,600 feet and detonated at 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945, about 1,900 feet above the center of Hiroshima.

  12. Second Bomb Dropped On Nagasaki, August 9

  13. Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs as Supreme Allied Commander during formal surrender ceremonies on the USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay. September 2, 1945.

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