05 June 2024 Stories of Valor and Sacrifice: Navy Medical Heroes at Midway FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Battle of Midway stands as a pivotal moment in World War II, a turning point that decisively shifted the balance of power in the Pacific. For the Navy, June 4, 1942, remains a sacred date, one that not only celebrates a historic victory but also encourages us to...
17 February 2023 The Hospital Corpsmen of Iwo Jima: Stories of Valor and Sacrifice FALLS CHURCH, Va. - At 0900 on February 19th, 1945, the first assault waves from the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions hit the beaches of Iwo Jima. Embedded within these units were corpsmen like Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Stanley Dabrowski, of New Britain, Conn., who remembered the...
20 May 2022 World War II Merchant Mariners Honored with Congressional Gold Medal WASHINGTON — Merchant Mariners, elected officials and senior military leaders gathered at the U.S. Capital in Washington D.C. for the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring Merchant Mariners of World War II, May 18...
03 June 2021 Midway, Momentum and Manpower - The Navy's Bureau of Personnel in World War II War is a team sport. To get the complete picture of the Battle of Midway and what it meant for the war effort, you need to know what happened behind the scenes in Washington, 5,523 miles away. The combination of Nimitz's warriors stopping the Japanese advance in 1942, and the parallel stubby pencil...
05 January 2021 Under Secretary Presents Awards to WWII Veteran Seventy-six years after serving in the Pacific, World War II veteran Daniel Crowley was honored during a ceremony in Connecticut Jan. 4...