During the night of March 6, 1943, U.S. destroyers intercepted a Japanese supply force moving through the Blackett Strait. Guided by radar and armed with torpedoes, the American ships moved to strike ...
TOKYO – When dignitaries and guests gather on the remote island of Guadalcanal this week to commemorate the epic battle where Japan’s relentless advance in World War II was finally halted, one group ...
A New Mexico National Guard unit that lost half of its soldiers in the Philippines and Alaska Natives who endured the only Japanese occupation of U.S. soil in World War II may soon be honored with a ...
With this statement General Douglas MacArthur this week charged off the 142,000 Japs still alive (out of an original estimated 250,000) in the Southwest Pacific. The General’s statement appeared in a ...
Go inside one of the toughest battles of WWII. This video documents the unflinching courage and the sheer intensity of combat ...
ADA, Minn. — Memorial Day is coming up and in Ada, Minnesota, high school students there have found a special way to honor veterans and their families. As part of the 80th anniversary of World War ...