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.

The Glacier Park Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars celebrated World War II veteran Donald "Bud" Robinson with its first Centurion challenge coin last week. The freshly minted challenge coin was ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday.

World War II submarines usually had a distinct look, shaped more like boats than the conventional crafts. But was there a ...

In a significant act of historical restitution, a rare World War II-era tank has been returned from Texas to Japan, bridging decades of wartime history. The National Museum of the Pacific War in ...

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 ...

Charlie Pase considers himself "unusually lucky." He was just 17 when he joined the Marine Corps in 1943, hoping to help free his older brother, a prisoner of war in Japan. In the years that followed, ...

The dispute over the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands dates back to World War II. The Japanese foreign ministry reiterated ...

served in the Navy from 1937 to 1941 and were out of the service when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, precipitating the United States' entry into World War II. The surprise ...

The tank had been part of the Pacific War Museum's collection since 1972, when it was loaned indefinitely by the U.S. Navy. The tank ... Asiatic Theaters in World War II.

“Our country, the ROC, is now likewise facing extremely serious challenges,” he said, referring to ongoing military and other threats from Beijing. “We hope that spirit of resisting invasion during ...

Learn the story of Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, who became the highest-ranking American POW during WWII, in Jonathan Horn's newest book, "The Fate of the Generals." ...