U.S. Army Maj. James J. O'Donovan, of Cohoes, New York, was interred Tuesday at the San Diego cemetery, 83 years after his ...

One is that it might have been Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher's flag car as the Yorktown served as his flagship during World War II. Another is that it could have been brought aboard for repairs ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

Deeply immersed in the scorching aerial dogfights of the Pacific Theater, Lieutenant Kenneth Walsh and his squadron faced a ...

Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the Hollywood actor felt he was too old to play Sgt John M Stryker, and at one ...

Marcos Jr. and other government officials gathered to pay tribute to Filipino and American soldiers who sacrificed their lives during World War II, particularly during the Fall of Bataan and the ...

World War II aficionados had been aware that a secretary called Hester had written the romantic notes, potentially with help from others, since the journalist Ben Macintyre named her in an ...

The Oscar-winning British World War 2 film The King’s Speech is among them. The 2010 movie stars Colin Firth as King George VI, following his brother’s abdication. Struggling with his stammer ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air ...

MADISON, WI (WKOW) – On Friday, World War II veteran Walter Whitehorse celebrated his 100th birthday. Walter enlisted at the age of 16 and spent nearly four years in the Navy. He served as a radarman ...

Before World War II, they were so popular that the Japanese ... “Putting on a baseball uniform was like putting on the American flag,” says Nakagawa. And while Japanese American baseball ...