Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

August 15 stands as a day marked by transformative moments that have shaped the course of history across the globe.One of the ...

President Harry Truman announced Aug. 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to end World War II. In several ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped at a Russian memorial honoring Soviet-era cooperation with American forces during ...

Cam Pelletier was a 23-year-old serving in the Navy in the South Pacific in August 1945 when President Harry Truman announced ...

Top collectors on the island have amassed hundreds of thousands of artifacts — and there are still more being found.

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its WWII surrender with PM Shigeru Ishiba expressing "remorse" for the first time since ...

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy ...

The Wood County Historical Commission is hosting of mobile museum of WWII exhibits in honor for 80th anniversary of the war ...

The Orwigsburg Historical Society & Museum will host Gustav “Fred” Anchorstar: A WWII Hero of Schuylkill County,” presented ...

Anderson, of Dover, passed away on Aug. 1, at the age of 102. To recognize Anderson's lifetime of service, Governor Meyer ...

Count Folke Bernadotte, the nephew of Sweden's King Gustav V and a colleague of Herman Allen, helped arrange a ceremony for ...