20, World War II Army nurse veteran Regina Benson celebrated ... lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in Hawaii, Okinawa and Japan from September 1944 to 1946. She provided critical medical ...

Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors’ wartime experiences. These features center around Aug. 15, the date when Emperor Hirohito announced ...

But due to expiring access restrictions, they're now available to anyone with an internet connection Sarah Kuta During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the everyday Americans who ...

As the Asia-Pacific region prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Japanese conservatives are warning of a “history war” in 2025. They argue that films and television ...

For the first time since World War 2, Japan's military forces might step foot on Philippine soil. Signalling Japan’s intention to build a robust defence framework amid rising tensions in the region.

You can probably name some of the abandoned cities of the past, like Pompei or Babylon, that were destroyed by natural ...

Their ordeal continued even after August 15, 1945, when Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allied forces, ending the second world war, the deadliest conflict in history. 5 things to know ...

Okinawa on Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15, 1972, which ended 27 years of U.S. rule after one of the bloodiest battles of World War II was fought on the southern ...

Perry Dahl, an Army Air Forces fighter pilot who shot down nine enemy aircraft in the Pacific during World War II while surviving ... on a strike against a Japanese airfield.

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest ... managed the office of her husband's textile factory during World War II. She lived alone in Nara after her husband died in 1979.She ...