The USS Saufley served in many WWII missions, conducting anti-shipping sweeps, escorting reinforcements, and providing shore ...

In World War II, Japanese forces landed on Guadalcanal expecting another fast victory—but the jungle delivered a brutal ...

On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to ...

The campaign began on June 3 and 4, 1942, when Japanese aircraft launched air attacks against the U.S. naval base at Dutch ...

The United States is expanding "air corridors" that will deliver combat power to China's doorstep in a future conflict.

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World War II veteran and local resident, Ernest “Ernie” Zubalik, turns 100 years old on Monday. Ernest Zubalik grew up in ...

Cavallini was a Marine and served as an infantry platoon commander during the Battle of Iwo Jima, where he was injured and received the Purple Heart at the age of 21.

Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean is giving the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in ...

I have a photo of my father, sitting on a log on a beach somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II. Herman Kogan was ...

The Battle of Kasserine Pass was America's first major fight against the European Axis in World War II. It turned into one of ...

Joint Task Force Southern Spear forces struck two alleged narco-terrorist vessels moving along a major drug corridor in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing five militants without suffering any ...