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Over 100 Japanese aircraft were destroyed during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, leading to a significant loss of air power for Japan.
A category five typhoon intensified from tropical storm strength in less than 24 hours, causing record-breaking flood damage in Japan.
By the end of July 1945, B-29 bombers had conducted missions that nearly obliterated Japan's ability to wage war, paving the way for the atomic bomb.
Kammuri, the 20th and most powerful typhoon of the 2019 season, claimed 17 lives during its 36-hour assault on the Philippines.
Guam's tiny American island faces a crisis from invasive brown tree snakes threatening wildlife.
A 990,000-ton aircraft carrier, the USS John C. Stennis, symbolizes America's military presence in the Pacific amid rising tensions with China.
8,000 Marines and 9,000 family members will be transferred to Guam as part of a significant military buildup on the island.
The Micronesian kingfisher is extinct in the wild but thrives at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
35,800 feet below the ocean's surface, two explorers made the deepest dive in history into the Mariana Trench on January 23, 1960.
More shells are fired from American big guns in one day of World War II than were fired from rifles and machine guns in the entire First World War.
4,000 men died during the 26-day battle for Iwo Jima, a small island that became a key American stronghold in the Pacific during World War II.
19,000 women Marines took on various roles during World War II, freeing men to fight while the Corps marked its 169th anniversary on November 10, 1944.
More than four million residents of U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico and Guam, do not have the right to vote for president.
Washington, D.C. has a population larger than Vermont and Wyoming, yet its residents lack full voting representation in Congress.
