by Christian Southards | May 10, 2023
May 8, 1945: Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day, marks Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender to the Allied Nations during the final months of World War II. The last days of World War II in Europe As the Soviets continued their advance through Eastern Europe, and long...
by Christian Southards | Feb 10, 2023
Part of the Solomon Islands Campaign, the Battle of Guadalcanal was a major turning point in the war against Imperial Japan in the Pacific theater of World War II. It ended Japan’s outward expansion and allowed the Allies to gain a foothold in the Pacific, eventually...
by Christian Southards | Jan 25, 2023
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was Nazi Germany’s last, desperate attempt to avoid destruction in the face of advancing Allied armies. While the battle only lasted six weeks, comparatively short next to other major events of the war,...
by Kevin Burns | Jan 23, 2023
Joshua Lang, a member of the Ronald Reagan Pacific Palisades Post 283, was influenced by stories of his grandfather Oscar, who used to work at Travis Air Force Base as a flying mechanic; a crew chief who would do all the maintenance test flights. Unfortunately,...
by Christian Southards | Dec 7, 2022
December 7 marks Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, commemorating the events that forced the United States into World War II. Dec. 7, 1941: The Attack on Pearl Harbor In the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy...
by Christian Southards | Dec 6, 2022
California veterans news for the first full week of December 2022. Happy holidays from the California American Legion news team! All California Veterans News As reported by PBS NewsHour, Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic has filed a lawsuit against the...
