In downtown Manila, rows upon rows of headstones are laid out on the gentle slopes of a hilltop, the largest single burial ...

The 1942 Battle of Santa Cruz, a key naval clash during the Guadalcanal campaign, was a turning point in the Pacific Theater ...

The Battle of the Eastern Solomons, fought on August 24-25, 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign, was a crucial carrier ...

One of the most notable aspects of World War II was how well the United States could quickly manufacture one of the most powerful fleets the world had ever known. With thousands of ships available, ...

Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is a masterpiece, but movies like Platoon and Come and See are more powerful and resonant ...

Falke served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and won the Distinguished Flying Cross for aerial heroism. But he insisted ...

I have a photo of my father, sitting on a log on a beach somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II. Herman Kogan was ...

The Second World War was home to some brutal fighting. Few theaters were quite as grueling as the War in the Pacific, which saw American and Allied forces squaring off with the Imperial Japanese Navy.

During the ferocious battle, Alexander Bonnyman led a 21-man demolition team against the main bomb-proof shelter on Tarawa.

In need of repairs, the Bobolink sailed to Devonport, a seaside town that nine years later would merge with two other towns — ...

Even being blown overboard could not stop Cassin Young from saving his ship.

Marvin Rhodes holds a photograph of his late brother, Luther, as he and other family members pose for a photograph Thursday. The family gathered this week to learn more about Luther’s death during ...