Vanuatu, site of a major U.S. naval base in the Pacific War, was also a vital venue for China's "undercover infrastructures," ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on ...

Military leaders and a senator from Alaska have have discussed reviving a World War II-era base on Adak as part of the U.S.

In this week's Texas Minute history column, Ken Bridges looks at the life and legacy of Admiral Chester Nimitz.

Surrounded and outgunned on a deadly Pacific beach, Sergeant Robert Owens led a fearless charge to destroy a hidden Japanese ...

US Marines landed on Peleliu, expecting a quick win, but faced fierce Japanese resistance, making it one of the most brutal battles in the Pacific.

Decades of jungle growth stripped away and multiple runways restored on abandoned airfield in the strategic second island ...

Tristan Begines of Vancouver was among 12 Young Marines from across the country who recently traveled to Guam and Iwo Jima to honor the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima by planti ...

Marines hug the ... to high school kids about World War II, they’ll know Pearl Harbor or dropping the atomic bomb, but they don’t know anything else about the Pacific. We hope our episodes ...

"Given Luganville's strategic past as one of the largest U.S. naval bases in the Pacific during World War II, China appears to be laying the groundwork for a future military foothold—only the ...

Jenny Chan heard frequent tales from her grandmother about the atrocities committed by the Japanese against the Chinese people during World War II. Chan thought she was delusional. "She was living in ...

Leighanna Mackey and a group of Young Marines planted flags atop Mt. Suribachi in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Battle ...