The Battle of Tarawa was the opening campaign of the U.S. drive across the central Pacific during World War II.

An F/A-18-fired anti-ship missile was used to sink the former amphibious assault ship on July 19 during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024. By Jeff Schogol Published Jul 23, 2024 12:51 PM EDT Good night ...

Royal Netherlands Navy De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate HNLMS Tromp fires an RGM-84 Harpoon missile during a live-fire sinking exercise as part of RIMPAC 2024. (Cristian Schrik/Royal Netherlands Navy ...

A World War II Pacific Theater reenactment will occur the weekend of July 12-13 at the American Heritage Museum in Hudson. The event will feature American and Japanese infantry camps, authentic gear ...

Services were held Monday for Gilbert "Gil" Nadeau, who survived kamikaze attacks while serving aboard a Navy landing craft in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Nadeau died Oct. 19, 2024, in ...

World War II: The Pacific Theater takes you inside the sweeping story of the American fight against the Japanese. Taught by Professor Craig L. Symonds, a distinguished military historian at the US ...

Four-motored Liberators ranged far out over the Pacific last week, striking at Tarawa Island in the Jap-controlled Gilberts and at Nauru Island 400 miles west. These attacks were called “warmups” by ...