Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila.

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...

Okinawa has hosted the majority of U.S. military facilities in Japan since World War II ended in 1945. Of the 14 lawsuits regarding the Henoko relocation, the prefectural government lost in all 10 ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Both Okinawa and the Uezu family have a long history of suffering and despair, even after the end of World War II in 1945. Uezu’s own struggles against hardship have taken him around the globe ...

The B-32 only flew some recon missions and engaged in some skirmishes in the closing days of WWII before being retired and ...

Okinawa saw 82 days of brutal warfare in horrific ... How many more Americans would die before the war could end? The events of summer 1945 — including the use of two atomic bombs on the ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

Trees with thick trunks grow in the southeast and northwest, and a forested area has remained untouched since the ferocious Battle of Okinawa raged in 1945. In 1996, the Japanese and U.S ...

Four local Black men made history as members of the Montford Point Marines, the first Black unit to serve in the Marine Corps ...

Okinawa Prefecture, previously the independent ... He cited Japan's acceptance of the 1945 Potsdam Declaration, which limited the country's sovereignty to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu ...