Operation Barney was conceptualized by Vice Admiral Lockwood to avenge the loss of Wahoo and her intrepid crew.

ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Iwoto Island for the first time in April to pay respects to the ...

Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit set off ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of Iwo Jima — the infamous World War II battle against the Japanese Army — approaches on ...

Local centenarian Joseph Sciarra, who fought in World War II, is living his life to the fullest! At 100 years young, he has ...

A new exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum is shining a light on a lesser-known chapter of American history: the ...

The 442nd Regiment, combined with the 100th Infantry Battalion, is the most decorated combat unit in U.S. military history.

U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and ...

A World War II Navy veteran from Cape Cod and the oldest surviving veteran of Pearl Harbor was honored Wednesday at his 105th ...