America is turning 250 next year, and the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter has big plans to celebrate the ...

What makes the World War II genre of filmmaking so rich, and also so difficulty, is that they must walk a thin line between sobriety and glorification, ...

As the battle for Okinawa raged, the USS Yorktown found itself in the path of a determined Japanese pilot willing to die to ...

One Kansas veteran was an Air Force asset on the ground in Vietnam, and later served the country in the Army National Guard and Air National Guard.

Stars and Stripes’ history goes back well before the Pacific arena. The first issue can be traced to Nov. 1, 1861, in ...

Spurred by fears of a China threat, U.S. militarization leaves locals more vulnerable, a Guam-based analyst says.

A U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa said Tuesday he could not recall any incident involving sexual assault and injury in a U.S ...

The U.S. military has revived jungle warfare training in Panama for the first time in more than 20 years, preparing soldiers in combat and survival tactics in dense, tropical environments amid ...

"The character that drove (Bill Knapp's) long career was forged in the fires of war on a Pacific island 80 years ago." ...

Bill Knapp, one of the architects of modern downtown Des Moines, will be interred at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, another landmark he helped create.

Odus Rambo, a Sherwood man who served in the Army during World War II, celebrated his 100th birthday this weekend surrounded ...

Knapp was one of the dwindling number of World War II veterans. Returning from U.S. Navy service, where he participated in the Battle of Okinawa at age 17, Knapp attended AIB College of Business in ...