9-28 JUNE 1776 250th ANNIVERSARY VICTORY AT CHARLES TOWN The British evacuation of Boston in 1775 turned their attentions to the southern American colonies. To Anglican eyes, the origin of revolution in the northern mercantile colonies left the southern agrarian colonies Read More
16 JUNE 1944 “NERO” OF GUAM On 21 July 1944 the USMC landed on the Marianas island of Guam–the second island in that archipelago to be retaken from the enemy. Guam was defended by 19,000 Japanese under LGEN Takeshi Takashima, but Read More
6-7 APRIL 1945 THREE NEAR MISSES Joining the fight off Okinawa was USS WESSON (DE-184). Destroyer escorts were a product of WWII, designed specifically for escorting ships against submarine attack. Some DEs were powered by oil-burning steam turbines, but WESSON bore Read More