Northrop’s P-61 Black Widow was late to the war. The fighter-bomber didn’t fly its first combat mission until June 1944, when ...

Malaria could be as dangerous to GIs in the Pacific theater of World War II as the enemy. To fight it, they used hammers and ...

The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. 80 years ago, the battle of Iwo Jima came to an end on 26 March 1945. After 36 days of fighting, nearly 7,000 US Marines had been killed and another 20,000 ...

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - NOAA researchers recently made an unlikely discovery while exploring the wreckage of the USS Nevada.

What happens when a Navy captain and a historian walk into a bar? They come out with a hit podcast about the Pacific War.

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

It's hard to imagine now in our globalized world, but many of the young American soldiers who headed onto massive ships like ...

Harriet Petersen, of Cranston, wrote, "It was the only entertainment he had during his nine months of active service and now he will never see another." ...

Today, seven American World War II veterans, including 99-year-old Frank Wright who was here in July, are set to return to ...

He will be the first sitting prime minister to visit the island since April 2013, when then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ...