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In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution of Congress designating November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including “Native American Heritage Month” and...
A fascinating, informative, interesting, and slightly sentimental collaboration brings to life this valuable history of crash boat operations during the Pacific War. The ..
Wreckage of USS Wasp (CV-7). Photo released by R/V Petrel.
The late Paul Allen’s research team announced they found the wreckage of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) in the Coral Sea.
The team aboard R/V Petrel found the Wasp wreck nearly 14,000 feet below the sea’s surface. Petrel is a research and exploration vessel used by Allen’s researchers to locate historically significant shipwrecks and explore underwater ecosystems. Wasp was found in January, but the discovery was not...
https://news.usni.org/2019/03/13/wreckage-of-wwii-era-carrier-wasp-discovered