Barely three days after the shock of Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese forces were back, striking hard to destroy any American forces left in the Pacific. Their target was the Cavite Navy Yard, the ...

There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately ...

When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.

Dr. Robert Shoss looks over a collection of WWII artifacts pertaining to his late father, U.S. Army Lt. Milton Shoss, on Oct. 21 at Dr. Shoss’ home in Albany. West Point graduate Milton Shoss survived ...

Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...

A New Mexico National Guard unit that lost half of its soldiers in the Philippines and Alaska Natives who endured the only Japanese occupation of U.S. soil in World War II may soon be honored with a ...

The USS Hornet — an aircraft carrier that saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCTV) - The Honor Flight program began twenty years ago, designed specifically to transport veterans of the Second World War to the memorial built in their honor. Honor Flight ...

The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall— and its more-than-200 servicemen went ...

Hook’s 11-page memoir is on the website, The World War II Experience, a local nonprofit that preserves the stories of the ...