Pacific Wrecks

Pacific Wrecks - B-18 Bolo Serial Number 36-338 On February 3, 1942 took off from Bandoeng piloted by Lt. Col Austin A. Straubel on a flight bound for Soerabaja and was shot down by A6M2 Zeros and crash landed killing everyone aboard.

February 3, 1942: Lost is B-18 Bolo 36-338 pilot Lt. Col Austin A. Straubel (KIA) shot down by a pair of A6M2 Zeros from Tainan Kōkūtai (Tainan Air Group) over Java. Green Bay Airport is named in honor of the pilot.
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#Indonesia #Java #Bolo #Zero #Tainan

Pacific Wrecks - USS Tutuila PR-4 (PG-44, Mei Yuan) River Gunboat that participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War until scuttled May 1949 to prevent capture by Communist Chinese forces.

January 18, 1942: USS Tutuila (PR-4) stranded at Chungking is decommissioned and her remaining crew flown out. Later, transferred to the Nationalist Chinese and renamed Mei Yuan until scuttled in May 1949. pacificwrecks.com/sh...
#USN #USNavy #Chungking

Pacific Wrecks - PB4Y-1P Liberator Bureau Number 32019 Squadron Number 8 On May 1, 1944 took off from Nadzab Airfield piloted by Lt. Commander Allen L. Seaman. When this aircraft failed to return it was listed as Missing In Action (MIA).

January 5, 1944: Lost is PB4Y-1P Liberator 32019 pilot Lt. Larren M. Allen on a low level photographic reconnaissance mission over Kwajalein Atoll shot down with 12 crew listed as Missing In Action (MIA).
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#MIA #MissingInAction #USN #USNavy #Kwajalein

Pacific Wrecks - December 7, 1941 Chronology of Sunday December 7, 1941 events, aircraft and losses related to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Oahu including casualties, ship and aircraft losses.

December 7th marks the 84th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Oahu. Learn more about "a date which will live in infamy" including the planes, midget subs, warship and location involved.
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#PearlHarbor #Hawaii #Oahu #USNavy #Japan #OTD

Pacific Wrecks - World War II Pacific and Korean War Pacific Wrecks is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to bringing home those Missing In Action and leveraging new technologies in the study of World War II Pacific and the Korean War.

Today is #GIvingTuesday consider a donation to support @PacificWrecks on our 30th anniversary online. We are funded by viewers like you. Your donation helps us to sharing information, find Missing In Action and preserving the legacy of what remains.

Warpath Across The Pacific - The 345th Bombardment Group With Justin R. Taylan Part of our on-going Pacific series on WW2TV https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lBcHjC26rSZPFaMKmPO7_qJ Part of our Aviation and Air War Series https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lB4TkG3ejv8wU4NoiJX-s8 Warpath Across The Pacific - The 345th Bombardment Group

Join @PacificWrecks live on YouTube WW2TV December 4th at 2:00PM EST for a lecture on the 345th Bomb Group "Air Apaches" that flew the B-25 Mitchell bristling with guns at low level across the Pacific during World War II.
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#History #USAAF #345BG #BookTube

Black Friday Sale: Warpath Over The Pacific: The Illustrated History of the 345th Bombardment Group During World War II
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Join us live on Veterans Day to return a World War II U.S. Army dog tag found in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to the veteran's daughter.
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#VeteransDay @usarmy.bsky.social #DogTag #LostAndFound #PapuaNewGuinea #PNG

Interview with Dave R. Holland author Guadalcanal's Longest Fight YouTube video by Pacific Wrecks

Join us live on YouTube for an interview with Dave R. Holland, author of "Guadalcanal's Longest Fight: The Pivotal Battles of the Matanikau Front". Don't miss the livestream about the book and the battle! 📚
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Pacific Wrecks - Major Larry Alan Thorne / Lauri Allan Törni, Finnish Army, Waffen-SS, U.S. Army Finnish Army, Waffen-SS, U.S. Army Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV-SOG). On October 18, 1965 Missing In Action (MIA) aboard H-34 Kingbee crash in Vietnam, reamins recovered.

October 18, 1965: U.S. Army Special Forces Captain Larry Allan Thorne (Lauri Allan Törni) went missing in action as a passenger aboard a South Vietnamese H-34 helicopter. Previously, he served in the Finnish Army and the German Waffen-SS in WWII.
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#MIA

Interview with Florian L. Waitl making The 32nd Infantry Division’s Nightmare: The Battle of Buna - YouTube Join @Pacificwrecks⁩ for an interview with Wisconsin Army National Guard Captain Florian L. Waitl, co-producer of @ArmyUniversityPress documentary, The 32nd ...

Join us live on YouTube tomorrow at 11:15am ET for an interview with Wisconsin Army National Guard Captain Florian L. Waitl, co-producer of the documentary, The 32nd Infantry Division’s Nightmare: The Battle of Buna.
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#Buna #Documentary

For National POW/MIA Recognition Day, @PacificWrecks founder @JustinTaylan had the honor to meet U.S. Army Pfc (retired) Jessica Lynch, ex-Prisoner Of War (POW). Lynch served in the Iraq War and was captured on March 23, 2003, and nine days later was rescued by U.S. forces.
#POW #MIA #POWMIA

#OTD #WWII #POW #MIA #POWMIA

Pacific Wrecks - American Missing In Action (MIA) World War II Pacific Theater, Korean War, Cold War and Vietnam At the end of World War II, 78,750 Americans were listed as Missing In Action (MIA) with roughly half in Pacific. During the Korean War, over 8,000 Americans were listed as Missing In Action.

Today is National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The U.S. has 84,605 Missing In Action (MIA) from World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and conflicts since, according to ABMC. This includes 75% in the Indo-Pacific and 41,000+ lost at sea.
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#POWMIA

Pacific Wrecks - Papua New Guinea (PNG) Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the eastern half of New Guinea plus the offshore islands of New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and offshore islands. To the west is Indonesia and to the south is the Coral Sea and Australia.

September 16th marks the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea independence. The nation spans the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands. During World War II, the country was a pivotal battlefield on land, at sea, and in the air.
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Pacific Wrecks - September 2, 1945 Chronology of WWII Pacific War events, missions and losses on this date with links to locations, aircraft and ships. Covers U.S. Army Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Australian, New Zealand and Japanese.

September 2, 1945: Japan surrenders aboard USS Missouri (BB-63). General Douglas MacArthur states: "Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always. These proceedings are closed!"
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#TokyoBay #Japan #Surrender

Pacific Wrecks - I-400 Japanese Submarine I-400-class submarine surrendered at the end of the Pacific War and evaluated by the U.S. Navy then scuttled June 4, 1946 off Barber's Point discovered August 2013 by HURL.

August 27, 1945: Japanese Submarine I-400 is spotted by Avengers and intercepted by USS Blue (DD-744) and USS Mansfield (DD-728) off northern Honshu. A prize crew is rushed to the sub by USS Proteus (AS-19).
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#IJN #Submarine #I400 #Japan #USNavy

Then & Now: Phillip Bradley & Justin Taylan 2003 & 2025.
The pair connected in the early days of Pacific Wrecks. Since then, the pair have explored battlefields, conducted archival research, and shared a mutual interest in military history worldwide.
#ThenAndNow #PhotoThrowBack

Pacific Wrecks - GM3C James "Jim" Ralph Reid Jr., U.S. Navy. Served in the U.S. Navy and earned the Navy Cross on August 21, 1945.

August 21, 1945: In what was likely the last U.S. Navy surface action of World War II, Gunner's Mate Third Class James "Jim" Ralph Reid Jr. earned the Navy Cross firing a bazooka and throwing a grenade into a Japanese junk off China.
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#NavyCross #USNavy

Pacific Wrecks - Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States Wake Island is the largest island in Wake Atoll was occupied by the Japanese from late December 1941 until the end of the Pacific War.

August 13, 1945: The last U.S. air raid against Wake Island is conducted by U.S. Marine planes that target the gun battery at Peacock Point. Wake was targeted hundreds of times by aircraft and shore bombardment.
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#Wake #USMC #Bombing #AirRaid

Pacific Wrecks - P-38L-5-LO Lightning serial number 44-27142 On August 12, 1945 took off from Ie Shima Airfield piloted by Major Robert G. Hochuli armed with bombs on a mission to bomb and strafe target at Kadogawa and Mimitsu on Kyushu and went Missing In Action (MIA).

August 12, 1945: Lost is P-38L Lightning 44-27142 pilot Major Robert G. Hochuli on a bombing and strafing mission against Mimitsu, Kyushu in Japan. Damaged, he crashed into the sea and remains listed as Missing In Action (MIA).
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#MIA #MissingInAction

Pacific Wrecks - I-402 Japanese Submarine I-400-class submarine surrendered at Kure at the end of World War II and scuttled April 1, 1946 in the Goto Islands.

August 11, 1945: Japanese submarine I-402 moored in Kure Harbor is damaged by P-51D Mustangs that strafe and score several near misses with bombs that damage the fuel tanks and wound two of her crew.
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#JapaneseNavy #Kure #Sentoku #Submarine

Pacific Wrecks - Transport No. 21 (T.21) No. 1 class landing ship damaged August 9, 1945 and run aground and sank the next day. During 1948, the shipwreck was raised and scrapped.

August 10, 1945: Japanese Transport No. 21 (T.21) capsized and sank off Tsuwa Jima. The previous day, damaged by P-47N Thunderbolts that strafed the vessel. In 1948, the shipwreck was raised and broken up for scrap.
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#JapaneseNavy #Japan #strafe #shipwreck

Pacific Wrecks Nagasaki is the largest city and provincial capital of Nagasaki Prefecture in Kyūshū Island in Japan.

August 9th marks the 80th anniversary of B-29 "Bockscar" 44-27297 dropping a plutonium bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" over Nagasaki, Japan, killing nearly 24,000 according to Japanese reports, plus 60,000 were injured.
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# Nagasaki #Japan #AtomicBomb

Pacific Wrecks - Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in the Chūgoku Region on the south coast of Honshū in Japan.

On August 6th, we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the B-29 "Enola Gay" dropping the atomic bomb "Little Boy" over Hiroshima, Japan. Learn more about this historic event and its impact on the city at: pacificwrecks.com/lo...
#Hiroshima #Japan #AtomicBomb #ABomb

We are here at @EAA AirVenture! Visit @PacificWrecks and @BongCenter booth 4017 in Building D. Don't miss the Pacific Wrecks lecture by @justintaylan on Finding Richard I. Bong’s P-38 Marge July 26th at 10:00 a.m. at EAA Museum, Hilton Theater.
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Watch live! Ocean Exploration Trust's @nautiluslive.org is live streaming from the shipwreck of USS De Haven (DD-469) sunk into Iron Bottom Sound off Guadalcanal and just found the ship's bell!
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#Exploration #SolomonIslands #Shipwreck #Destroyer #USNavy #WWII #WW2

Who's attending @EAA AirVenture? Comment below! Don't miss the Pacific Wrecks lecture by Justin Taylan on Finding Richard I. Bong’s P-38 Marge in Papua New Guinea, July 26th at 10:00 a.m. at EAA Museum, Hilton Theater. See you in Oshkosh, Wisconsin!
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Pacific Wrecks - Balikpapan, East Kalimantan Province, Borneo, Indonesia Balikpapan is located on the southeast coast of Borneo in East Kalimantan Province of Indonesia.

July 1, 1945: Operation Oboe Two, the U.S. Navy lands the Australian Army 7th Division near Balikpapan in southeast Borneo. Japanese resistance is initially light but increases as the Australians move inland.
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#Borneo #AustralianArmy #Indonesia

Pacific Wrecks - Luzon, Philippines Luzon Island is the largest island in the Philippines. Also known as simply Luzon. Today, divided into five regions and many provinces.

June 30, 1945: The Luzon campaign in the Philippines officially ends. The remainder of the Japanese 14th Area Army under General Yamashita continues to defend until the official surrender of Japan.
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#Philippines #Luzon #Yamashita