Rick Shiomi’s new play “Secret Warriors,” now running at the History Theatre in St. Paul, explores the overlooked ...

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

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 ...

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

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

An Indian paramilitary soldier was also killed in one of two separate skirmishes that broke out in Chhattisgarh state, both of which carried on through the day, according to police. “22 ...

As a fighter ace who received the Medal of Honor after shooting down 26 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal during World War II, Joe Foss was accustomed to bold action. He was not afraid to think big ...

The Japanese are coming!” All of the villagers would panic. Those who were brave stayed; others ran to hide in the mountains. Soldiers would march in and line all of the villagers up ...

a young Japanese soldier who died at just 24 years old in the final days of World War II. Wanting to return the flag in person, Dorsey traveled to Japan, accompanied by Stars and Stripes ...