Explore the dramatic events of the Battle of Midway, a pivotal turning point in WWII in the Pacific! Dive into the strategic ...

A team of scientists discovered a Japanese naval destroyer for the first time since it was sunk by American troops in World War II. Researchers exploring islands off the coast of the Solomon Islands ...

Bernard Greenberg, who served with the 126th Signal Radio Intelligence Company, intercepted Japanese radio transmissions ...

The remains of a United States Navy Ensign killed near Yap Island over the Pacific Ocean during World War II has finally ...

Santos Jimenez registered for military service on his 18th birthday, Oct. 11, 1943, and participated in the invasion of Iwo ...

A photograph from a series of images showing the tattoos of C. A. Lushbaugh, who served in the Navy in the 1920s. (USS Arizona Memorial Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command) During his third ...

World War II veteran Edwin Gideons grew up as the youngest of 11 in his family. Times were tough in the 1930s in rural Florida, so he was helping out at home as best he could long before he joined the ...

Out of all American World War 2 naval vessels, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) is by far the most decorated ship in the U.S. Navy.

Jenny Chan surveys scenery in Japan. The Illinois grad operates the non-profit Pacific Atrocities Education, whose website has been visited by more than half a million people. The non-profit has also ...

Donald McPherson, a World War II veteran considered the nation's last surviving "ace" pilot from the conflict, has died at the age of 103 in Nebraska. While serving as a Navy pilot of F6F Hellcat ...

World War II, which concluded 80 years ago, was a historic event that defined a generation. Tens of millions of people fought brutal oppression and an unfathomable Holocaust. Today, the world ...