Image: 10 x 10.5 in. (25.4 x 26.67 cm.) This work is on a 24 x 20 inch mat. Lieutenant Commander Horace Bristol photographed Rescue at Rabaul: PBY Blister Gunner during the Allied invasion of Rabaul, ...

Two World War II grenades were discovered by movers in the basement of a man’s Prairie Village home, seen here in a box with rocks, belts, and other items. A bomb squad safely removed them and have ...

In a move that would change the tide of the war in the Pacific Theater, Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. authorized the most significant carrier-based attack the United States Navy had ever performed.

Nearly 80 years after Imperial Japan's surrender ended World War II, the number of American veterans who served in the conflict has fallen to around 66,000, according to the Department of Veterans ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Thursday, August 14, marks the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when President Harry Truman announced Japan’s intention to surrender. While the day for some in East Tennessee ...

WASHINGTON — Marking 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe, dozens gathered Thursday at the National World War II Memorial to commemorate Victory in Europe Day with a solemn ceremony ...

An unexploded World War II-era ordnance discovered in the Cape May Canal late Monday night forced an overnight shutdown of the waterway, stranding a passenger ferry and prompting a response from bomb ...