by Mark LoProto | Feb 14, 2020 | After The Attack, Before The Attack, History, Japanese-American Relations, U.S. Leaders, World War II, WWII in America
On September 4, 1940, as tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan mounted, the America First Committee was formed. Led by Yale Law student R. Douglas Stuart, Jr., future US president Gerald Ford, future Peace Corps. Director Sargent Shriver, and...
by Mark LoProto | Feb 11, 2020 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Other Ships, Pacific Theater, World War II
Commissioned into service in the US Navy on December 21, 1921, the Sirius-class cargo ship USS Vega (AK-17) was originally launched as a Type 1022 civilian freighter named SS Lebanon. From 1921 to 1924, she was part of the Naval Transportation Service from the...
by Mark LoProto | Oct 25, 2019 | Pacific Theater, Recent News, World War II
American history is constantly being revised as new information and technologies emerge. As time goes on, and those who were present for some of the most historic moments pass away, we’re left with questions where factual information should be. One of these moments is...
by Mark LoProto | Aug 23, 2019 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Destroyers, World War II
On January 2, 1918, the keel of a future Wickes-class destroyer was laid down at the Union Iron Works shipyards in San Francisco. She was one of 111 of that class of destroyers built between 1917 and 1919, at the tail end of World War I and the year after it ended. On...
by Mark LoProto | Mar 7, 2019 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Destroyers, History, Pacific Theater, World War II
USS Schley (DD-103) was laid down on October 29, 1917. The new Wickes-class destroyer was equipped like other destroyers of the time: with an arsenal that would make her a formidable presence on the high seas. USS Schley was commissioned into service on September 20,...
by Mark LoProto | Mar 4, 2019 | Allied Forces, History, Japanese Forces, Pacific Theater, World War II
From the moment the United States decimated the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway, every decision was crucial. The war had reached a turning point and one wrong move could put victory back in reach for Japan. Even in the summer of 1944, as the war entered...
