More than 80 years after Operation Hailstone, the wrecks of Truk Lagoon (now Chuuk Lagoon) remain one of the world's greatest ...

Truk Lagoon was supposed to be Japan’s Gibraltar of the Pacific, but Operation Hailstone shattered that myth. American ...

A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 5 (VB-5) lands on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) after striking the Japanese base at Truk, 17-18 February 1944. The Yorktown senior ...

Project Recover, which harnesses technology in an attempt to find and repatriate Americans missing in action (MIA) during World War II, discovered the aircraft in Truk Lagoon, now known as Chuuk ...

New Delhi: It may look like a tropical paradise, but this stunning lagoon masks a dark secret... under the clear blue waters lies the biggest graveyard of ships in the world. In the Second World New ...

A coral-covered propeller of a U.S. SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber stands on the sea floor in Truk Lagoon. © University of Delaware / Courtesy of Dr. Mark Moline ...

Three aircraft associated with seven American servicemen missing in action from World War II were recently discovered in Truk Lagoon, now known as Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia, by ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. In February 1944, reeling from the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the ...

In the years leading to WWII, as tensions built across the globe, the legacy of the Pan Am Clipper brigade had captured the hearts of aviation enthusiasts worldwide. These novel aircraft changed ...