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

In “Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories of World War II,” two American literary writers discovered their ancestors fought on ...

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 for Emperor or country,” one advised.

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 ...

War movies are often products of their time; however, some manage to transcend their era and become even more relevant as ...

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.

Opinion: 80 years later, there is no certainty another approach would have abruptly ended hostilities and spared substantial American lives.

Moon Equipment made hundreds of such speed parts. The company was started by American hot rodder Dean Moon in the 1950s, but ...

Stationed in Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara granted transit visas that allowed holders to escape Europe and travel through Japan ...

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

Shigeaki Mori, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, was on hand recently to help unveil a plaque in the rural Japanese town of Ikachi, near Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, to commemorate the ...