Beneath Truk Lagoon’s calm water lies the wreckage of a destroyed Japanese fleet. Operation Hailstone turned the anchorage ...

The Pacific War during WWII was mainly fought over water resulting in countless weapons of war sitting on the seabed. 80 years later, death has become life.

Operation Hailstone smashed Japan’s powerful base at Truk Lagoon in February 1944. American aircraft and warships destroyed ships, aircraft, airfields, and supply lines in one of the Pacific War’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...