After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

The last retired military personnel or civilian employee who received Japanese government medical benefits for trauma or ...

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

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...

The soldiers served as a key part of U.S. intelligence, but nearly 50 years passed before their efforts became public.

Over 80,000 Marines, soldiers, and sailors from our two countries fought at Iwo Jima. More than 26,000 died here. Today, we ...

President Trump has complained the U.S.-Japan defense partnership is one-sided, but with China throwing its weight around, ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has praised the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed while ...