Captain Freddie Spencer Chapman and his guerrilla fighters waged a daring campaign against Japanese forces in the Malayan jungle. Using cunning tactics and homemade explosives, they struck fear into ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New ...

On this Memorial Day, we turn to the life and legacy of Yukio Kawamoto. The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime ...

A former US World War II-era warship ... of Imperial Japanese forces in 1944 and 1945 respectively. The ship, designated as a submarine chaser, served in a key rescue and air defense role in ...

Shimojima recounted how during World War II, the U.S. forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent — about two-thirds were U.S. citizens — in 10 concentration ...

Hodak, a 23-year-old corporal in the United States Army Air Forces from Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. Hodak was accounted for on September 25, 2024. During World War II, Hodak was a gunner with ...

The day after ... and air forces of the Empire of Japan." Times of crisis often bring out the best in orators. USA TODAY Network looks back at some other famous quotes from the World War II ...

“Many precious lives were lost in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, air ... World War II on Aug 15. During WWII, Japan fought in China and Burma – today, Myanmar – against ...

MILLVILLE, New Jersey (WPVI) -- The history of World War II in South Jersey and beyond is captured through the planes, uniforms, and other military artifacts at the Millville Army Air Field Museum.

However, employees organizing the inventory of a Kentucky museum were in for a shock when they discovered a Japanese hand grenade from World War II ... at the U.S. Air Force base in Guam.

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members with Fire Leading Company, Field Artillery Battalion, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, conducts a 9-line close air support (CAS) brief while ...

The USS Edsall, an American warship known for its crew's courageous last stand against Japanese forces during World War II, has been found ... and 31 U.S. Army Air Force pilots aboard at the ...