Starting tomorrow I begin posting a series about the the Pacific campaigns of World War II. Given my naval service background, operating on submarines out of Pearl Harbor, my interest is perhaps natural. As we approach the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, I thought it good to honor the men and women who fought a brutal war in the far reaches of the Western Pacific in places mostly no longer remembered. Places like Biak, Tarawa, Peleliu, in addition to the larger conflicts such as Midway, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. It is good to remember the human cost of the war: not just the lives lost, but wounds brought home.

I will post at 7:00 am during the week. The series is… actually I am not sure how long it is… I am still researching, musing and writing.

Image credit: various photographs from Naval Aviation Museum, National World War II Museum, and US Navy Archives.