World War II pilot Charles W. McCook died in action in 1943 but his remains were not identified for more than 80 years. He ...

Valdemar DeHerrera Sr., the last surviving veteran of two storied New Mexico National Guard regiments associated with the ...

In “Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories of World War II,” two American literary writers discovered their ancestors fought on opposing sides of the war in the Pacific. They decided to follow their roots ...

Tucked inside the Port of Los Angeles, an industrial island has become an unexpected flashpoint in the federal immigration crackdown. Terminal Island is best known for housing shipyards, warehouses ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die ...

Amid the innumerable books and documentaries about World War II, few examine the question of why there was widespread public support in Japan for the kamikaze missions that sent 4,000 pilots, all in ...

As the rest of Papua New Guinea paid tribute to its armed forces for their roles in World War II, the town of Daru in Western ...

On Ichiro Suzuki's induction weekend, a new exhibit in Cooperstown shares his place in the international baseball landscape.

From Japan’s viewpoint, World War II was a bid to assert dominance in Asia and secure resources for a growing empire—but it came at an enormous cost. This video examines the war from the Japanese ...

Lt. Col. Pete Ellis’ “Operations Plan 712” was an extraordinary and prescient report—serving as the basis for what became the American amphibious juggernaut of World War II.

Saving Private Ryan is a fictionalized account of a real story. It was inspired by the true tales of brothers Edward, Preston ...

Manhattan Project National Historical Park, with sites in three time zones, tells the complex story of the making of the ...