"This is one of the ship's great stories and explains, in part, why the ship became an international symbol ... WWII Museum, ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

A Symbol of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia When archaeologists found clay jars with inscriptions dating back to 2400 BCE, they changed everything we know about the origins of writing.

During WWII, on March 30, Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island ... and placed origami cranes, which is a symbol of peace and healing. "Bainbridge Island was one of the most welcoming places ...

Drake Jr. from Kentucky was 23 years old at the time of the Japanese attack on the US Pacific ... which precipitated America’s entry into World War II. “We were getting ready to go to ...

Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to ...

O’Donovan, more than 80 years after he died as a POW during World War II, was laid to rest with full ... 31st Infantry Regiment, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter ... marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that the ...

Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors ... to the war-renouncing Constitution, a symbol of postwar Japan. But other countries do not ...