There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately 13 square kilometres, it is little more than a speck on the map.

Across two vast fronts, Allied commanders took drastically different paths to victory. MacArthur’s calculated island-hopping ...

ADA, Minn. — Memorial Day is coming up and in Ada, Minnesota, high school students there have found a special way to honor veterans and their families. As part of the 80th anniversary of World War ...

Solomon Islander Dennis Phillip was ploughing his soil by hand when he heard an unusual clunk - one of the countless ...

A famed Japanese destroyer sunk by U.S. torpedoes during a pivotal battle in World War II has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean more than 80 years after it sank, an exploration team ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A New York military aviation researcher got more than she bargained for on a dream trip to a battle-scarred South Pacific island -- the chance to help solve the mystery of an American ...

TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday ...

(KRON) — A teenager who lives in Fremont was among twelve Young Marines who traveled to Iwo Jima, Japan to honor the 80 th anniversary of the WWII Battle of Iwo Jima. Akshaya Krishna and 11 other ...