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11 Day Battlefield Tour of UK, Belgium and France

11 days, 3 countries and 11 cities

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Travel to the front lines of Europe, where brave soldiers once fought for freedom. On this epic battlefield tour through the countryside of Britain, Belgium and France, you’ll explore the tragedy and triumph of two World Wars.

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Explore London and Paris with a Local Specialist

Discover Normandy, Amiens, the Somme Region, Ypres, Brussels and Rouen

Visit the Imperial War Museum in London, the D-Day Landing Beaches, Saint-Sulpice church in Paris, Amiens Cathedral, military cemeteries throughout northern France and Belgium, the Australian National Memorial, the Caen Memorial, WWI & WWII Battlefields, the Dunkirk War Museum and evacuation beaches, and the Memorial Museum Passchendaele

View Buckingham Palace in London, the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the Menin Gate

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Eurostar high-speed train from London to Brussels

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World War Two Tour of London

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Wwii london, wwii london highlights.

Just some of the locations covered...

• St. Paul's Cathedral
• The ruins of Grey Friar's and the Memorial Garden
• The Barbican
• The Guildhall

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London's only pay-what-you-like World War Two Tour is here!

On September 3rd, 1939 the United Kingdom declared war on Germany. Over a year later on the 7th of September 1940, London was at the receiving end of Germany's ‘Lightning’ (the Blitz).

For 56 out of the next 57 days and nights, London would be reduced to rubble, but not Londoners, who "Kept Calm and Carried On."

This tour will take you back in time to one of London's most defining periods. You will learn all about the Blitz and London during the 'phony war.'

You'll walk past damaged remains such as Christopher Wren's lost Grey Friar, and miraculously saved icons such as St. Paul's Cathedral.

Together with your guide, you'll uncover hidden treasures that were unearthed during the war and you'll learn who was responsible for the rebuilding of our city.

Expect memorial gardens, harrowing tales, heroic deeds, and tragic losses.

This tour will uncover the behind-the-scenes world of London at war, revealing how these terrifying events have reshaped and rebuilt the city that we know today.

Tour information

Reservations: Required. Click here to reserve . Walk-ups will be permitted, if space is available.

Where: Tour begins from the Blackfriar Pub opposite Blackfriars Underground Station. ( map )

The Tour ends at Bank Station.

Duration: Approximately 2 hours.

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Cost: This tour is free to take, and you get to decide what, if anything, the tour was worth when it’s done. A name-your-own-price tour is a tour for anyone’s budget.

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• Private tour for groups of up to 8
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Our WW2 London Tour contains two major components. First, you will embark on a Churchill War Rooms tour. From central Westminster, your Blue Badge Guide takes you underground into the bunker that was home to the headquarters of the British War Department. There you can explore the very site where much of the Allied war effort was managed.

Churchill War Rooms Private Tour

Many of the Churchill War Rooms have been left unchanged. This offers us a real insight into working conditions and allowing you to imagine what it would be like in those times.

You would be forgiven for thinking this would be a hard place to work. The office had no air conditioning or plumbing, and it played temporary home to many people.

However, your guide will share stories about how privileged many of the workers here felt. They were proud of the essential contribution they were making to the war effort.

Your guide can explain how Allied communications were encoded with SIGSALY to hide their contents from Axis powers. You’ll hear about revolutionary advances in cryptography and their effect on the war.

Learn About Churchill Himself

For those of you interested in Winston Churchill, part of this Churchill War Rooms tour includes visiting the museum dedicated to this great man. Let us share with you some of his uniforms, daily schedules, and both formal and informal letters.

The exhibits tell the story of the charismatic Winston Churchill. He was a prime minister and wartime leader, but also a beloved family man.

Did you know that Churchill was also a writer and artist? His studio at home was a favourite retreat during quieter periods.

Perhaps you’d like to see the wanted note offering a £25 reward for turning in a young Churchill, following his escape from prison during the Boer War!

Reaching the halfway point of our London WWII tour, you can enjoy some refreshments and visit the gift shop for a souvenir.

Part Two: World War 2 Walking Tour in London

After finishing our private tour of the Churchill War Rooms, we embark on a journey around Whitehall and Parliament Square to begin Part 2: a World War II walking tour of London.

This area is packed with various memorials and monuments. Some are very obvious, others are hidden in and around ministerial buildings. Your guide will help you find them and share their stories.

Every year, Whitehall plays host to a grand military parade commemorating both World Wars. We will see the poppy wreaths and banners laid on the Cenotaph, the empty tomb.

Walking through the Embankment area, we will visit many memorials dedicated to specific military groups that were involved in the conflict.

Who were the Chindits? Learn about this revolutionary group of men who operated deep behind Japanese lines in Burma. Their commemorative plaque may be small in comparison to some monuments, but your guide will explain the significant impact these men had on the war and also on future styles of military operations.

Where do you find the Battle of Britain memorial? We will show you this beautiful piece and tell you about the pivotal effect the Battle of Britain had on the path of the war.

So ends your World War II walking tour. Your guide will be happy to tell you about more museums you can visit in London or help with suggestions for the rest of your stay.

Winston Churchill was a very influential part of London’s history. But you can learn about other influential people in London, like the Royal Family. See the Crown Jewels on our Tower of London Tour or visit the church where there have been many royal weddings on our Westminster Abbey Tour .

WW2 London & Churchill War Rooms Tour

• Cabinet War Rooms
• Winston Churchill Museum
• The Cenotaph
• Battle of Britain memorial

All tours are for private groups only and start from £429. Groups can be up to 8 people. Your entrance tickets to the Churchill War rooms are included. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us !

Departure Point

Churchill War Rooms, Clive Steps, SW1A 2HQ London, GB. By prior arrangement, your guide can meet you at your central London hotel.

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Mon-Fri 2:00pm

The tour departs from the Churchill War Rooms beside the steps outside the main entrance. Your Guide will be waiting with a sign showing the lead customer’s name.

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Private London WWII Tour | Imperial War Museum & Churchills War Rooms

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Explore the dramatic history of World War II in London on this fascinating 3-hour private tour of the Imperial War Museum’s Second World War wing followed by the Churchill War Rooms.  Begin with a guided tour of London’s Imperial War Museum, visiting the World War II collection and galleries, with color footage of the D-Day Landings, harrowing relics, and heroic stories of the Holocaust and the Blitz. Afterward, head to the Churchill War Rooms – the secret underground Head Quarters of the Prime Minister.

Why book this tour?

• Enjoy the personal attention of your expert private guide
• Visit the incredible Imperial War Museum
• Learn about the dramatic events of World War II
• See the interactive collections about the Holocaust and the Blitz
• Tour Churchill's secret underground bunker where he ran the war effort

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Meet your guide outside London’s imposing Imperial War Museum, for your timed entry private tour. The Imperial War Museum was built while the First World War was still raging, and is the most extensive war museum in the world telling the many personal stories of loss and courage of ordinary people who found their lives torn apart by conflict.

Your guide will take you to the newly installed World War II and Holocaust Galleries. The Imperial War Museum is the first in the world to house both these galleries under the same roof: you’ll be able to learn about the Blitz, the D-Day Landings – with color footage of the beaches – and how the war was playing out on all fronts, while the horrors of the Holocaust were being carried out. These vast and interactive galleries span two floors and contain many personal stories and accounts from real people from diverse communities. The collection contains 1,500 items from clothing to weapons, to letters that bring to life a war that affected millions of people from London to Russia, America to Japan, Australia and New Zealand, China, the Philippines, and all of Europe.

Next, take a taxi with your guide to the Churchill War Rooms. With LivTours’ priority access, go straight into this top-secret bunker that served as the Head Quarters of the British War machine. The Churchill War Rooms is a subterranean labyrinth of offices underneath Whitehall, the political epicenter of London. It was here that Prime Minister Winston Churchill along with his war cabinet of ministers, generals, and spy chiefs worked, lived, and slept during the agonizing months and years of the Second World War. This historic site has remained exactly as it was when the lights were switched off in 1945! End in the museum dedicated to Churchill’s extraordinary life, or exit with your guide.

This Tour Includes

• Expert private guide
• Guided tour of Imperial War Museum
• World War II Galleries
• Holocaust and Blitz collections
• Taxi ride between locations
• Skip the Line tickets to the Churchill War Rooms
• Guided tour of the Churchill War Rooms

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• The Holocaust Galleries are not recommended for kids under 14

This tour focuses on WWII highlights only. If you prefer a tour that focuses on or includes WWI commentary, please contact our customer service team to arrange a custom bespoke tour.

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London in the Blitz WWII Tour with St Paul's Cathedral

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Memorials of World War II

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An unforgettable journey of discovery and remembrance awaits you as you travel between London, Normandy and Paris on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. Explore London’s connections to World War II during a city tour focused on The Blitz. Cross the English Channel, retracing the parallel journey nearly 160,000 courageous Allied troops took on June 6th, 1944, as they set out to liberate Europe from the Nazis. Immerse yourself in the history of Normandy’s D-Day Landing Beaches and visit the Normandy American Cemetery. Visit Saint-Mère-Église, the first French town liberated from the Nazis and learn about the brave paratroopers who parachuted into Normandy on the night of June 5–6, 1944. Conclude your journey in Paris, the City of Light with a festive dinner cruise along the Seine River.

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• London & Paris WWII-Focused City Tours
• The D-Day Story Museum
• English Channel Crossing

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Experience the Peace Memorial Museum that vividly documents the causes and consequences of WWII.

Spend 3 nights in the Normandy region and take a journey back in history to the D-Day landing beaches.

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Retrace the D-Day preparation efforts at The D-Day Story Museum, dedicated to Operation Overlord.

Navigate the path of the D-Day Landings as you cross the English Channel by ferry.

Set foot on the hallowed grounds of the Normandy landing beaches.

Culinary Inclusions:

Enjoy London’s culinary renaissance at a dinner featuring gastro-pub cuisine.

Sample traditional French cider during a visit to an apple orchard in Normandy.

Admire the “City of Light” as you float down the Seine River on a relaxing dinner cruise.

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• Normandy American Cemetery
• Omaha Beach
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• Giverny Gardens
• Seine River Dinner Cruise

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World War II History in London Private Guided Tour

• Private Walking Tour of London WWII Sights (number of attractions depends on the selected option)
• 5-Star Licensed Guide who is fluent in your chosen language
• Lots of information about Britain in World War II
• Skip-the-line tickets to the Churchill War Rooms (only in 4 and 7-hour options)
• Free admission to the Imperial War Museum (only in 7-hour option)
• Entry/Admission - Churchill War Rooms
• Skip-the-line tickets to the Churchill War Rooms (in 2-hour option)
• Admission to the Imperial War Museum (in 2 and 4-hour options)
• Option 1 Guards Crimean War Memorial, Waterloo Pl, St. James's, London SW1Y 4AR, UK Meet your guide In front of the Guards Crimean War Memorial, Waterloo Pl, St. James's, London SW1Y 4BN, United Kingdom
• Option 2 Costa Coffee, 118 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7RW, UK Meet your guide In front of Costa Coffee, 118 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7RW, United Kingdom. Please wait outside the coffee shop, the staff is not informed about the tour.
• Wheelchair accessible
• Stroller accessible
• Near public transportation
• Infants must sit on laps
• Transportation is wheelchair accessible
• Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Confirmation will be received at time of booking
• Most travelers can participate
• Please check your email the day before the tour to receive important information.
• Please note that the number of attractions included in the itinerary depends on the selected option. Churchill War Rooms and the Imperial War Museums are not included in a 2-hour tour.
• 3- and 4-hour tours: due to museum regulations, 1 licensed guide can lead a group of 1-10 people, so the price of the tour will be higher if you need more than 1 guide.
• Skip-the-line tickets to Churchill War Rooms are reserved for a specific time slot, so it's important to arrive at the meeting point on time. You will save time by skipping the line at the ticket office.
• Free admission to Imperial War Museums includes the permanent exhibition only.
• This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
• For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
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• You'll return to the starting point

• garycH202UG 0 contributions 2.0 of 5 bubbles Disappointing tour and not worth the price Good guide but 80% of the tour is just Westminster Abbey as the Buckingham Palace and Houses of Parliament are cursory and only outside both places Read more Written March 29, 2024
• josevE9817NM 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Amazing experience. I will start by saying that I am not a serial reviewer but my experience in London today with Tom Thornhill from YELLOW MOON TOURS was fantastic. His knowledge of the city, his passion and history telling abilities are unparalleled. We were immerse for a few hours in an incredible experience. I would definitely recommend his services if you are planing to visit London. Read more Written March 24, 2024
• johnmT5258FP 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Lucy is Brilliant! My teen son and I thoroughly enjoyed our tour with many thanks to our guide, Lucy. She perfectly curated the sights we enjoyed throughout the Abbey and as we further explored the Westminster area. Lucy’s wit and ever-so-clever insights made this tour a delight. Remarkably, several days later we saw Lucy again -only by chance- at Stonehenge, where she quickly and voluntarily reassumed her role as a “fountain of knowledge” and quickly gave her advice for our otherwise self-guided visit. Highly recommend! Thank you! (and Lucy, should you happen see this review, know that we saw the King at Windsor, wish you were there!). Read more Written March 18, 2024
• 174alberton 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles London days It was an amazing guide with a lot of information to share, we really love it, so if you are on London you should take this tour with Lucy, joyful tour Read more Written March 14, 2024
• 640suzannen 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Be prepared to walk and learn Our guide was full of knowledge and took her time in explaining all the points on the tour. While 4 hours seems like a long time, we learned many key and interesting facts about Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace as well as the Royal families throughout England’s history. This tour will leave you wanting to know more and googling late into the night to learn even more about England’s fascinating history! Read more Written March 4, 2024
• libbyf833 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Thoroughly Enjoyed! Isla was an amazing tour guide with a vast amount of knowledge of London’s history. She had a great sense of humor as well. Fair warning- you are on your feet the entire time at a fairly good clip. Read more Written February 27, 2024
• chatrinek2024 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles The best day to spent in London!!!! Tour guide, Viona was it? She knows her history. She knows what she’s doing, knowledgeable and friendly too! I’m glad I went with this tour, would recommend!!! Read more Written February 23, 2024
• V8079HWannetteh 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Great afternoon Great guide, very educational. Learned things that I had never heard before. Guide went at a very reasonable pace so everyone could hear her. Took hundreds of photos. Would definitely recommend Read more Written February 19, 2024
• H2461HZroberts 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Great Tour and a very knowledgable Guide The tour was excellent from start to finish. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and clearly loved the history of Britain. There wasn't too much info on Big Ben but the two hour tour in Westminster Abbey was first class. The walking part of the tour was also great. .... walking through St James Park to Buckingham Palace was very enjoyable. The guide continually pointed out things of interest which would have been missed had we been on our own. I thought four hours would be too long but the time went by so quickly as it was so enjoyable. Read more Written February 16, 2024
• appartementen 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Great excursie! Lucy was our guide and she did a great job. She told the most beautiful stories, with passion. At first I thought that a 4-hour excursion was long. Because of Lucy this was over quickly and it was a shame that it was over. Lucy was so enthusiastic that she showed us all kinds of special places with a story. It was really great! Read more Written February 15, 2024
• fleurd386 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Wonderful experience What an amazing experience! We had an amazing tour that took us about 2,5 hours. Our guide had so much information to share! She had humor, but was also very respectful. After the tour she shared some wonderful places to go to after the tour. I recommend this tour! Read more Written February 12, 2024
• Hannah N 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Wonderful and informative. Guide was punctual and professional The tour was amazing. Our guide Ulrich was so informative and passionate. It made the experience so meaningful and interesting. Read more Written January 24, 2024
• Tricia B 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Kings and Queens! Millie made our day unforgettable. She seemed to know the history of every nook and cranny of Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and the surrounding area. Read more Written January 21, 2024
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Airbases: Visit any one of the airfields listed below is reachable on a day tour from London with your expert British Tours driver-guide - please let us know which one you would like to visit. It is estimated that a minimum of 7 hours would be needed, 8hrs if London is required, and 9 to 10hrs if a brief visit to the Imperial War Museum Duxford is to be included. With some of the more remote airfields more time would be needed and it may not be practical to incorporate Duxford.

The airfields sometimes had more than one name; where known the alternatives have been added in brackets. Also, their names do not necessarily match places that have those names today - eg. the airfield named 'Debden' is about 28 miles away from the real Debden!

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"...Sudbury was mentioned so there we headed, having arranged lunch at the Swan at Lavenham, but just prior to lunch we visited the town's 13th century church. Inside was a U.S. flag commemorating the funds by a U.S. wing for the organ refurbishment. The flag said 'from the 487th' and Mr Kelly commented that his wing was the '486th' so some inquiries with the person cleaning the church revealed that agricultural land a few miles south of the village had been a base during WW2. There it was, newly erected by the farm gate, 'in memory of those that served in the 486th' and along a track we found the very hut where Mr Kelly and his crew had slept their last night on English soil..." David Robinson, British Tours Ltd tour guide Read our guide Geoff's post on retracing footsteps in RAF Chalgrove and RAF Alconbury

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This 12-Year-Old Boy Fought on a World War II Battleship and Became the Nation’s Youngest Decorated War Hero

In 1942, young Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle, before his worried mother learned of his whereabouts and revealed his secret to the Navy

Gilbert King; Updated by Sonja Anderson

With powerful engines, extensive firepower and heavy armor, the newly christened battleship USS South Dakota steamed out of Philadelphia in August of 1942, spoiling for a fight. The crew was made up of “green boys”—new recruits who enlisted after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor —who had no qualms about either their destination or the action they were likely to see. Brash and confident, the crew couldn’t get through the Panama Canal fast enough, and their captain, Thomas Gatch , made no secret of the grudge he bore against the Japanese. “No ship more eager to fight ever entered the Pacific,” one naval historian wrote .

In less than four months, the South Dakota would limp back to port in New York for repairs to extensive damage suffered in some of World War II’s most ferocious battles at sea. The ship would become one of the most decorated warships in U.S. Navy history and acquire a new moniker to reflect the secrets it carried. The Japanese, it turned out, were convinced the vessel had been destroyed at sea, and the Navy was only too happy to keep the mystery alive—stripping the South Dakota of identifying markings and avoiding any mention of it in communications and even sailors’ diaries. When newspapers later reported on the ship’s remarkable accomplishments in the Pacific Theater, they referred to it simply as “ Battleship X .”

That the vessel was not resting at the bottom of the Pacific was not the only secret Battleship X carried through day after day of hellish war at sea. Aboard was a gunner from Texas who would soon become the nation’s youngest decorated war hero. Calvin Graham , the fresh-faced seaman who had set off for battle from the Philadelphia Navy Yard in the summer of 1942, was only 12 years old.

When Graham hatched a plan to lie about his age and join the Navy, he was an 11-year-old sixth grader in Crockett, Texas. One of seven children living at home with an abusive stepfather, he and an older brother moved into a cheap rooming house, and Calvin supported himself by selling newspapers and delivering telegrams on weekends and after school. Even though he moved out, his mother would occasionally visit—sometimes only to sign his report cards at the end of a semester. Being around newspapers afforded the boy the opportunity to keep up on events overseas, as his country was at war.

“I didn’t like Hitler to start with,” Graham later told a reporter. When he learned that some of his cousins had died in battles, he knew what he wanted to do with his life. He wanted to fight. “In those days, you could join up at 16 with your parents’ consent, but they preferred 17,” Graham later said. But he had no intention of waiting five more years. He began to shave at age 11, hoping it would somehow make him look older when he met with military recruiters. Then he lined up with some buddies (who forged his mother’s signature and stole a notary stamp from a local hotel) and waited to enlist.

At 5 feet 2 inches and just 125 pounds, Graham dressed in an older brother’s clothes and fedora and practiced “talking deep.” What worried him most was not that an enlistment officer would spot the forged signature. It was the dentist who would peer into the mouths of potential recruits. “I knew he’d know how young I was by my teeth,” Graham recalled. He lined up behind a couple of guys he knew who were already 14 or 15, and “when the dentist kept saying I was 12, I said I was 17.” At last, Graham played his ace, telling the dentist that he knew for a fact that the boys in front of him weren’t 17 yet, and the dentist had let them through. “Finally,” Graham recalled, “he said he didn’t have time to mess with me, and he let me go.” Graham maintained that the Navy knew he and the others in line that day were underage, “but we were losing the war then, so they took six of us.”

The youngest U.S. serviceman to serve and fight during World War II was Calvin Graham. He enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of 12 and served as a gunner on the USS South Dakota. Graham lied about his age and joined in August 1942. He participated in the Battle of… pic.twitter.com/gPdFh9o0fF — Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) June 27, 2023

It wasn’t uncommon for boys to lie about their age in order to serve. Ray Jackson , who joined the Marines at 16 during World War II, founded the group Veterans of Underage Military Service in 1991, and it listed more than 1,200 active members, including 26 women. “Some of these guys came from large families, and there wasn’t enough food to go around, and this was a way out,” Jackson told a reporter. “Others just had family problems and wanted to get away.”

Graham told his mother he was going to visit relatives. Instead, he dropped out of the seventh grade and shipped off to San Diego for basic training. There, he said, the drill instructors were aware of the underage recruits and often made them run extra miles and lug heavier packs. After three weeks of bootcamp, Graham was assigned to the Navy’s Pacific Fleet and sent to Pearl Harbor, where he joined the crew of the South Dakota .

Marine Henry Buecker recalled meeting Graham aboard the South Dakota during their journey to the South Pacific. “Calvin asked me: ‘Can you keep a secret? I’m 15,’” Buecker later told the Chicago Tribune . “After that, he took me as his best friend. I didn’t find out he was only 12 until 35 years later.”

By the time the South Dakota reached its destination, the ship had become part of a task force alongside the legendary carrier USS Enterprise (the “ Big E ”). In early October 1942, the two ships, along with their escorting cruisers and destroyers, engaged in fierce fighting in the battle for Guadalcanal . After the ships reached the Santa Cruz Islands on October 26, the Japanese quickly set their sights on the carrier and launched an air attack that easily penetrated the Enterprise ’s own air patrol. The carrier USS Hornet was repeatedly torpedoed and sank off Santa Cruz, but the South Dakota managed to protect Enterprise , destroying 26 enemy planes with a barrage from its antiaircraft guns.

Standing on the bridge, Captain Gatch watched as a 500-pound bomb struck the South Dakota’s main gun turret. The explosion injured 50 men, including the captain, and killed one. The ship’s armor was so thick, many of the crew were unaware they’d been hit. But word quickly spread that Gatch had been knocked unconscious. Quick-thinking quartermasters managed to save the captain’s life—his jugular vein had been severed, and the ligaments in his arms suffered permanent damage—but some onboard were aghast that he didn’t hit the deck when he saw the bomb coming. “I consider it beneath the dignity of a captain of an American battleship to flop for a Japanese bomb,” Gatch later said.

The ship’s young crew continued to fire at anything in the air, including American bombers that were low on fuel and trying to land on the Enterprise . The South Dakota was quickly getting a reputation for being wild-eyed and quick to shoot, and Navy pilots were warned not to fly anywhere near it. At Pearl Harbor, the ship was fully repaired, and Gatch returned to his post wearing a sling and bandages. In November 1942, Japanese naval forces began shelling an American airfield on Guadalcanal Island. Steaming south with the Enterprise , Task Force 64, with the South Dakota and the USS Washington , took four American destroyers on a night search for the enemy near Savo Island. There, on November 14, Japanese ships opened fire, sinking or heavily damaging the American destroyers in a four- day engagement that became known as the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal .

Later that evening, the South Dakota encountered eight Japanese destroyers; with deadly accurate 16-inch guns, the South Dakota set fire to three of them. “They never knew what sank ’em,” Gatch would recall. One Japanese ship set its searchlights on the South Dakota , and the ship took 42 enemy hits, temporarily losing power. Graham was manning his gun when shrapnel tore through his jaw and mouth; another hit knocked him down, and he fell through three stories of superstructure. Still, the 12-year-old made it to his feet, dazed and bleeding, and helped pull other crew members to safety while others were thrown by the force of the explosions, their bodies aflame, into the Pacific.

“I took belts off the dead and made tourniquets for the living and gave them cigarettes and encouraged them all night,” Graham later said. “It was a long night. It aged me.” The shrapnel had knocked out his front teeth, and he had flash burns from the hot guns, but he was “fixed up with salve and a couple of stitches,” he recalled. “I didn’t do any complaining, because half the ship was dead. It was a while before they worked on my mouth.” In fact, the ship had casualties of 38 men killed and 60 wounded.

Regaining power, and after afflicting heavy damage to the Japanese ships, the South Dakota rapidly disappeared in the smoke. Gatch would later remark of his “green” men, “Not one of the ship’s company flinched from his post or showed the least disaffection.” With the Japanese Imperial Navy under the impression that it had sunk the South Dakota , the legend of Battleship X was born.

In mid-December, the damaged ship returned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for major repairs, where Gatch and his crew were profiled for their heroic deeds in the Pacific. Calvin Graham received a Bronze Star for distinguishing himself in combat, as well as a Purple Heart for his injuries. But he couldn’t bask in glory with his fellow crewmen while their ship was being repaired. Graham’s mother, reportedly having recognized her son in newsreel footage, had written the Navy and revealed the gunner’s true age.

Graham returned to Texas and was thrown in a brig in Corpus Christi, Texas, for almost three months.

Battleship X returned to the Pacific and continued to shoot Japanese planes out of the sky. Graham, meanwhile, managed to get a message out to his sister Pearl, who complained to the newspapers that the Navy was mistreating the “Baby Vet.” The Navy eventually ordered Graham’s release, but not before stripping him of his medals for lying about his age and revoking his disability benefits. He was simply tossed from jail with a suit and a few dollars in his pocket—and no honorable discharge.

Back in Houston, though, Graham was treated like a celebrity. Reporters were eager to write his story, and when the war film Bombardier premiered at a local theater, the film’s star, Pat O’Brien , invited Graham onstage to be saluted by the audience. The attention quickly faded. At age 13, Graham tried to return to school, but he couldn’t keep pace with students his age and quickly dropped out. He married at age 14, became a father the following year, and found work as a welder in a Houston shipyard. Neither his job nor his marriage lasted long. At 17 years old and divorced, and with no service record, Graham was about to be drafted when he enlisted in the Marine Corps. He soon broke his back in a fall, for which he received a 20 percent service-connected disability. The only work he could find after that was selling magazine subscriptions.

In 1977, Texas Senators Lloyd Bentsen and John Tower introduced a bill to give Graham his discharge, and in 1978, Carter announced it had been approved and that Graham’s medals would be restored, with the exception of the Purple Heart. Ten years later, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation approving disability benefits for Graham.

At the age of 12, Graham broke the law to serve his country, at a time when the U.S. military might well be accused of having a “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy with regard to underage enlistees. For fear of losing their benefits or their honorable discharges, many “Baby Vets” never came forward to claim the nation’s gratitude. It wasn’t until 1994 , two years after Graham died, that the military relented and returned his last medal—his Purple Heart—to his family.

Additional Sources

“A Medal of Honor,” Chicago Tribune , 1994

“Life Aboard ‘Battleship X’: The USS South Dakota in World War II,” South Dakota State Historical Society

“Calvin Graham, 62, Who Fought in War as a 12-Year-Old,” New York Times

“Congress Votes WWII Benefits For Boy Sailor,” Washington Post

“Underage Sailor Wins Recognition,” Hartford Courant

“U.S. Battleship’s Green Crew Bags 32 Planes, 4 Warships,” New York Times

“Civilian Seeks Navy Discharge,” Hartford Courant

“The Navy’s ‘Baby’ Hero Who Won the Bronze Star at 12 Now Wants Justice From the Nation He Served,” People

“The USS South Dakota (BB-57) Battleship,” MilitaryFactory.com

“ USS South Dakota BB 57 ”

“Decades Later, Military Veterans Admit Being Underage When They Enlisted,” Associated Press

“ Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: Turning Point in the Pacific War ,” World War II magazine

“I’m Twelve, Sir: The Youngest Allied Soldier in World War Two,” Giles Milton

“Sailor Who Enlisted at 12 Seeks Help,” Washington Post

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Gilbert King is a contributing writer in history for Smithsonian.com. His book Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013.