65 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Check Out in April
Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to add more titles to your reading list... and maybe a new bookshelf to hold them ...
Smithsonian Magazine14h
Remains of American Soldier Captured by the Japanese During World War II Identified Nearly 80 Years Later
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 ...
80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
Stars and Stripes19h
Japan retools evacuation plan for western island chain in event of emergency or attack
An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the ...
China holds major war games around Taiwan as U.S. boosts ties with Japan to deter "Chinese military aggression"
China's launches drills around Taiwan to "severely punish" the island's pro-independence leader, as the U.S. boosts its war ...
Stars and Stripes1d
Visiting veterans remember WWII Battle of Okinawa on 80th anniversary
The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...
Washington Monthly9dOpinion
Will Guam Be America’s Next Pearl Harbor?
Donald Trump’s neocolonial foreign policy could invite a surprise Chinese attack on an underprepared American island in the ...
DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes — then restored one, with changes
In early 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed at least two web pages related to Ira Hayes, a Native American veteran ...
Waco Tribune-Herald13d
Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry
The Pentagon has restored some webpages highlighting the wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native ...
The Daily Courier13d
Trump's US government erases minorities from websites, policies
From erasing the stories of Navajo "code talkers" on the Pentagon website to demolishing a "Black Lives Matter" mural in ...
朝日新聞社14d
Japan battles to persuade its big brands to join military buildout
As Tokyo spins up its defense industry for the country’s largest military expansion since World War II, it has run into a challenge: some of Japan’s best-known brands are reluctant to invest ...
Toronto Star14d
Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, dies at 105
LONDON (AP) — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died ... be forced to capitulate during the early months of World War II. John “Paddy’’ Hemingway, an Irish national ...