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 ...

In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World ...

80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...

but the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from the main islands of Japan. The U.S. planned that Okinawa ...

The Flying Tigers were one of the first American air units to fight the Japanese as World War II began. A gruff Texas native, Claire Chennault, organized the volunteer force in the months before ...

For James "Jim" Gardner, who enlisted during World War II in 1942, that was only part ... and the island hopping campaign in WWII's Pacific Theater. Originally born in St. Louis, Missouri, on ...

Native American Code Talkers are highly revered across Indian Country for their patriotism and service to the United States.