A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

IWO JIMA, Japan — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese ...

The dispute over the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands dates back to World War II. On Tuesday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry reiterated its commitment to a peace treaty with Russia in its 2025 ...

It happened in the Philippines (then an American colony) during the early days of World War II, when the Japanese invaded the islands after attacking Pearl Harbor. Wainwright became the top United ...

This month, state officials voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response ... that took place during World War II in the Aleutians.

Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to ...

Perhaps the two-person crew would be hurt, or even shot. But there was no one inside. Its occupants had vanished. There were ...

After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing in May 1945 ...

Nearly 80 years after his death, the remains of an American soldier who was killed during World War II have […] ...

And in a list of the 100 best films ever made compiled by respected film magazine Empire, it comes in at number 46 with only one war film ranking ... Keneally told Desert Island Discs in 1983 ...

“Here was this relative I barely knew, who had not only served in World War II but had been mentioned ... special resonance in Montreal’s West Island, where both families had deep roots.

By the war’s end, the Naval ship was too old for further duty. It was assigned as a target for atomic bomb testing at the Marshal Islands, according to Naval History and Heritage Command. The tests ...