Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...

Decades of jungle growth stripped away and multiple runways restored on abandoned airfield in the strategic second island ...

Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

Jenny Chan heard frequent tales from her grandmother about the atrocities committed by the Japanese against the Chinese people during World War II. Chan thought she was delusional.

US Marines landed on Peleliu, expecting a quick win, but faced fierce Japanese resistance, making it one of the most brutal battles in the Pacific.

The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II ... pilots as Asia-Pacific tensions rise.

"We're losing our WWII veterans daily, and with them, I fear we're also losing the hard-earned lessons they fought valiantly to teach us. Our Pacific War veterans, in particular, remind us that ...

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 injured. Don is joined by historian ...