80 years ago, American Marines won a costly victory on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima.

but the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from the main islands of Japan. The U.S. planned that Okinawa ...

Mysteries still shroud a tragedy 80 years ago in which many civilian passengers died in U.S. military attacks on running ...

“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on James Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

The Battle of Guadalcanal was a military ... around the island of Guadalcanal of the Solomon Island chain, in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major land offensive by Allied ...

STRUTHERS, Ohio (WKBN) – World War II involved almost every country in the world. A Youngstown teen enlisted in the Navy four years after it started and came home as soon as it was done. He talked ...

Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

Historian John McManus rates the accuracy of World War II battles in movies and TV shows ... He discusses World War II-era munitions in "The Pacific," starring Joseph Mazzello and Rami Malek.

but the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from the main islands of Japan. The U.S. planned that Okinawa ...