He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...

In honor of his mother and others imprisoned at the internment camp, baseball player Dan Kwong has restored a diamond in the ...

WAVES recruitment figures proved those suppositions wrong. In 1945, the WAVES had 73,816 enlisted women, 8,745 officers and ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

Discover the Intrepid Museum's World War II exhibit, showcasing the Corsair aircraft and artifacts from Loren Isley's final mission and other historic items.

Forensics investigators identified the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn Hodak nearly 80 years after his B-29 bomber ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108.

Argentina will soon declassify all government-held files relating to Nazi fugitives who fled and settled in Argentina after ...

KUCHING: Four Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) parachutists leaped from an altitude of 6,000 feet to land at Padang Merdeka ...