By April 1945, the war in Europe had ended with Allied victory, 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 ...

Japanese forces captured Attu, a small island at the western tip of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. They destroyed the homes and ...

Washington was awarded 13 battle stars for her valorous service during World War II, having taken part in operations from the Arctic Circle to the far western Pacific. Her reputation as a fearsome ...

At War in the Pacific National Historical Park, the former battlefields, gun emplacements, trenches, and historic structures all serve as silent reminders of the bloody World War II battles that raged ...

Military honors for WWII veteran, Gilbert Nadeau, 98, were on Monday. The WWII Navy veteran survived kamikaze attacks in the Pacific.

Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, of Chicago, Illinois, was 25 years old in 1943 when he was killed during the U.S. campaign in the ...

Monday marks 80 years since the Battle of the Bulge, when the Nazi army made its last offensive push of World War II. The battle was one of the costliest of the war, with the U.S. Army suffering ...

He describes the many challenges of the Battle of Okinawa as portrayed ... He discusses World War II-era munitions in "The Pacific," starring Joseph Mazzello and Rami Malek. He separates fact ...

The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November of 1943, comes after scientists were able to identify his previously ...

Battle of the Bulge veterans Frank Cohn, left, and Harry Miller salute as wreaths are laid Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, during the battle’s 80th anniversary wreath-laying ceremony at the World War II ...

Bastogne, a strategic crossroads town and a symbol of Allied resistance during the battle, hosted the largest commemorations Saturday. A parade included over a dozen World War II veterans who were ...