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Book Review: Pacific Profiles, Volume 7 by Michael Claringbould
Book Review: Pacific Profiles, Vol. 7: Allied Transports: Douglas C-47 Series: South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1945, by Michael Claringbould
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The Tragic Story of "Kimball Hill"
Marine Air Group 25 had been flying missions in support of the Guadalcanal Campaign for over a month when Maj. W. Frear Kimball,...
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"P.K." Smith, MAG-25/SCAT's First Commanding Officer
Perry Kenneth “P.K.” Smith was born on December 7, 1902, and grew up in Elmira, New York. He enlisted in the Navy on May 2, 1919, having...
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Naval Aviator George Roy Hill, VMR-152
MAG-25’s roster contained people with a wide variety of talents and backgrounds. One veteran, whose biographical accounts are not so much...
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Lt. Richard M. Nixon and SCAT
Lt. Richard M. Nixon (standing, second from left) and the SCAT Detachment on Bougainville, ca. February 1944. (National Archives)...
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