Editorial Team
Missing Airmen of a B-26 Marauder finally accounted for Argunners
The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that servicemen, missing from World War II, have been accounted for and their remains are being returned to their families…
Rio de Janeiro Maru Wreck – Imperial Japanese Navy Argunners
Before WWII the Rio de Janeiro Maru was an eight-deck passenger luxury liner that carried people and cargo from Japan to many areas of the world including South America, South Africa, the…
Nippo Maru Wreck – Imperial Japanese Navy Argunners
Hit and sunk by three 500 pound bombs in its stern, the Nippo Maru was a 106m (350ft) transport ship mostly carrying water. Originally a passenger and cargo freighter, she was…
New book TOMMY McGEE at WAR tells of WWII teen adventures Argunners
“I was born and bred in Fremantle and spent my growing up years during World War II,” says J.P. Dolan. “My research showed very little had been written about Fremantle…
PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 5 – The Infantry Blues Argunners
PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 5 - The Infantry Blues Private Snafu was the title character of a series of American instructional cartoon shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, produced by Warner Bros., between…
Yamagiri Maru Shipwreck – Imperial Japanese Navy Argunners
The Yamagiri Maru was a 133m (437ft) passenger/cargo carrier launched in 1939 and converted to a military transport ship in 1941. This ship was damaged by two torpedoes in 1943 from the…
WATCH: Private Snafu – Fighting Tools Argunners
PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 6 - Fighting Tools Private Snafu was the title character of a series of American instructional cartoon shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, produced by Warner Bros., between…
Ghost Fleet: Stunning WWII Ship Graveyard in Truk Lagoon Argunners
Satellite photographs from the Chuuk Islands. (Credits: NASA) My dream history lesson includes a tropical Pacific island where I step off a beautiful boat soaked in sunshine the warm Micronesian…
Fujikawa Maru Shipwreck – Imperial Japanese Navy Argunners
The Fujikawa Maru is one of the lagoon’s most famous wrecks. Covered in lush coral this ship was built in 1938 as a passenger cargo ship that carried raw silk and…
Kiyosumi Maru Shipwreck – Imperial Japanese Navy Argunners
Kiyosumi Maru in 1934 (Credits: Wikimedia Commons) Stepping off the Odyessy and descending upon our first wreck, the Kiyosumi Maru, feels like entering another world. The intact ship body, sitting 12m…
