Dick Latshaw finds photos of U.S. military in Pacific during World War II

BJ Composing retiree Dick Latshaw, who lives on Pawleys Island, South Carolina, sent the URL for 110 fantastic photos of U.S. military in the Pacific in World War II collected by the Denver Post. It begins with the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. The U.S. command, by clustering the ships and planes for easier maintenance, made it easier for the Japanese to damage and sink a huge chunk of the American fleet and to destroy most of the Honolulu-based planes.

The 110 photos, mostly Associated Press pictures, wind up with Gen. Douglas MacArthur signing the Japanese surrender agreement on the USS Missouri.

To see the photos, click on the headline.