The Pacific air war claimed many lives, but the story of a gunner buried at sea within his aircraft is truly one of a kind. Explore this tragic yet deeply respectful chapter of WWII history. TJ3 ...

Marines merge air control jobs as new air defense tech comes online That airfield puts Marine aircraft within 1,000 miles of Manila, Philippines, which is a major Pacific partner nation of the ...

Battle of Leyte Gulf: In the largest naval battle of the Pacific War, American forces destroy much of the remaining Japanese navy. The first kamikaze air attacks occur during this battle.

At War in the Pacific National Historical Park, the former battlefields, gun emplacements, trenches, and historic structures all serve as silent reminders of the bloody World War II battles that raged ...

largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII. 1ST TO FIGHT: PACIFIC WAR MARINES, narrated by actor Jon Seda, documents the ...

Military honors for WWII veteran, Gilbert Nadeau, 98, were on Monday. The WWII Navy veteran survived kamikaze attacks in the ...

although still short of war, in the western Pacific. That’s not actually that dissimilar from the way that World War II started. We remember World War II as a global war because that’s what it ...