On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope ...

This video shows the U.S. Navy downing Japanese bombers at sea in a World War II skirmish. The FAA has lifted a nationwide ...

The US government locked up nearly 126,000 Japanese Americans from 1942 to 1945, but never kept comprehensive records of all ...

After 66 years of being displayed outdoors at the Minnesota State Capitol, a 4/50 gun that arguably fired the second American ...

His courage in battle brought him the Congressional Gold Medal, the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the ...

We face a year of hard work, sweet and sorrowful, with an ever-growing task before us,” but are “resolved that we will do our ...

By 1918, World War I had raged on for four years. Planes made of fabric and wood sortied to twirl and trade fire in the skies ...

The Japanese attacked ... historians call World War II the most significant event ever to occur in Los Angeles… even though it didn’t occur in Los Angeles. Aircraft and ship manufacturers ...

More than eight decades ago, naval and air forces from Japan plunged the U.S. into World War II when they attacked the naval station at Pearl Harbor and air bases in the Hawaiian island.

These are the stories of the first and last Medals of Honor in World War II Navy Aviation Chief Ordnanceman John Finn was the first to earn the Medal of Honor on Dec. 7, 1941, fighting Japanese ...