The United States entered World War II when Gonsalves ... out to the Pacific Theater. After joining his fellow artillerymen in the 22nd Marines, he first saw action capturing the island of Engebi ...

Cebu Pacific’s first Clark to Coron flight took off yesterday! Now, you can skip Manila and fly straight to paradise.

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

A major earthquake has rattled Tonga, an archipelago nation in the South Pacific Ocean that comprises some 170 islands. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the 7.0 magnitude quake struck roughly ...

China is expanding its military reach and presence within the three Pacific island chains with the world's largest navy.

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

the Pacific Tsunami Warning System said. Tonga is a Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 south Pacific islands.

causing slight damage and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami hitting the Pacific island country passed. Tsunami sirens could be heard after the 1:18 a.m. quake urging residents to ...