U.S. military officials carried out the first-ever repatriation ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery for the remains of ...

The Bataan Memorial Death March is a commemorative event held annually at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to honor ...

These "comfort women" were completely deprived of all personal freedom, forced to serve dozens of soldiers every day. They were forbidden to refuse, cry or fall ill. Any sign of "disobedience" ...

Last week you read about the Bataan Death March which began on April 9, 1942, and forced transfer of approximately 75,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war (POWs) by the Japanese Imperial Army ...

The legacy of the Bataan Death March continues to be remembered through memorials and annual events, such as the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, honoring the ...

A humble World War II veteran who died more than 40 years ago is about to be awarded the nation's highest honor. Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds of Knoxville, Tennessee, whose defiance of German captors in ...

During World War II, U.S. soldier Joseph “Jerry” Brenner received a letter from his wife, Norma, adorned with a lipstick smudge of a kiss. (Library of Congress Veterans History Project) On June 12, ...

Trump Endangers the Handover of the UK’s ‘Last Colony’ Their geopolitical interests converge for the most part, except in their attitudes toward Russia, and they have a common strategic imperative to ...

With a stroke of a presidential pen, the lives of Izumi Taniguchi, Minoru Tajii, Homei Iseyama and Peggy Yorita irreparably changed on Feb. 19, 1942. On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

USS Yorktown was declared destroyed at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 during World War II. Japanese commanders removed her from their calculations and built the Midway invasion plan assuming ...