Explore the relentless horror and staggering sacrifice of World War II’s deadliest battlefronts. From the frozen wastes of ...

The shipwrecks of Japanese warships have been beneath the waters of the remote Pacific atoll for around 80 years now, ...

China had been invaded by Japan in 1931—the first sign of war—and 1937. And the United States did not get active. And finally ...

Prologue: Monday, December 8, 1941 -- Part one: Escape, 1941-1942 -- 1. First charge, first war -- 2. West Point to the Philippines -- 3. Manila before the storm -- 4. Lost hours -- 5. Blame and ...

A U.S. naval pilot has arrived at his final resting place in Salt Lake City, more than eight decades after he was killed in ...

Two hundred thirty-one Notes accompany the article. Summary Author states that the purpose of his essay is to outline certain aspects of the experience of Allied botanists during the war in the ...

America’s last known surviving World War II “ace”—a pilot who shot down five enemy planes—has died at age 103. Donald McPherson served as a Navy fighter pilot in the Pacific theater during the war’s ...

A lieutenant in the Army in the Philippines, he survived sinking ships after being captured. His remains will be laid to rest ...

Public ceremony to honor Sgt. Harold M. Weaver, who died in combat on Okinawa in 1945. His remains recently were identified after nearly 80 years.

A 106-year-old WWII veteran reveals how his US Navy ship survived a Japanese kamikaze attack in the Pacific theater.