In August 1945, North Field launched the two bombers that carried out the first and only wartime use of nuclear weapons in ...

invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...

A new bill seeks to honor U.S. veterans who fought in the Pacific and natives of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands captured during ...

Historian John McManus rates the accuracy of World War II battles in "Masters of the Air," "Pearl Harbor," and "Flags of Our ...

During World War II, the U.S. Navy veteran served aboard several PBYs as a flight engineer and crew chief in the Pacific theater. “It was slow and noisy and looked like a whale, but it was very ...

I’m not a World War II history buff, but I might be on the way to being one. As a fan of pop history, I’ve watched both Band ...

Joseph Williams received a proclamation from the Leon County Commission this afternoon, declaring September 17 as Joseph ...

At War in the Pacific National Historical Park, the former battlefields, gun emplacements, trenches, and historic structures all serve as silent reminders of the bloody World War II battles that raged ...

The Category 2 storm is producing "life-threatening" flooding, according to the National Hurricane Service. After the 90 minute debate, people share their thoughts on the candidate performances.

These are the best World War II movies of the past eight decades, according to a Military.com survey of U.S. service members ...

If World War II teaches us anything, it is that navies, armies, and air forces are intertwined, but that ultimate victory depends on the control of key ground.

invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...