Although the island seemed minor, its Henderson Airfield was crucial for achieving air dominance in the region. The Japanese, determined to reclaim the stronghold, launched stealthy nighttime ...

Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was 108.

A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima.

An airfield on a tiny Pacific island once used to launch the planes that dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in WWII is being brought back to life. The US military is restoring the 80-year-old ...

A World War II-era plane is set to fly over a veteran ... Their job was to put out the flames caused by balloon bombs that Japan floated across the Pacific Ocean – the first recorded ...