In the final months of World War II, a small team of American commandos parachuted into the mountains of northern Vietnam to ...
The American forces had conquered the island of Okinawa at a tremendous cost. Germany had surrendered, but the fight was not ...
FUKUOKA, Japan — Nearly 80 years after they were captured and killed in the final days of World War II, dozens of U.S. airmen were honored Friday with a solemn ceremony that also reckoned with the ...
KILGORE — From 1941 to 1945, the men who enlisted in the U.S. military were trained to be warriors. When Lee Downing joined in June 1946, however, their mission was different. World War II hadn’t been ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of ...
June 23 (UPI) --More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle, while citizens reflected over long-lost loved ones and a promise by a ...
George Takei was among the Japanese-Americans detained at camps after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
GIBSONBURG – A chunk of burnt metal, a signed Japanese flag, a book about conversion to Christianity and a rubber personal floatation device may not seem to have much in common. Yet they are all part ...
{{youtube:medium|isPdRBiiAFI}} “February 28, 1946: Tokyo. On a late winter afternoon, crowds of Tokyo-ites packed the movie houses for a much-awaited treat. The rumor had spread widely: Hollywood was ...