Bruce Van Voorhis avenged his brother's death over a lone South Pacific island.
By Jon Guttman
“My wife is planning on getting pregnant this weekend,” the 1967 liberty request read, “and I would sure like to be there when it happens.”
Wilfred "Jasper" Holmes, a U.S. Naval officer, personally sent expensive scotch to any U.S. skipper who sank a ship of the Kido Butai.
Maj. Robert Lodge chose death over the prospect of giving up information to enemy forces.
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