On October 24, 1944, the U.S. Navy unknowingly sailed into a cunning Japanese trap at Leyte Gulf as Admiral Halsey pursued what he thought was the main enemy fleet. With General MacArthur’s troops ...

There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately 13 square kilometres, it is little more than a speck on the map.

Victor Vescovo had been sitting for several hours inside a small metal ball more than 21,000 feet below the surface of the Philippine Sea last month when bright orange specks began appearing on his ...

A US exploration team has managed to successfully find a US Navy destroyer that had sunk during World War II. The shipwreck has been found nearly 7,000 metres below sea level off the coast of the ...

US submarine that sank the most Japanese warships in WW2 found off Philippines USS Harder went down with 79 sailors in 1944 and is credited with contributing towards the country’s defeat at sea Gift ...

The final resting place of an iconic U.S. Navy submarine that was sunk 80 years ago during World War II was located 3,000 feet below the ocean's surface, the Naval History and Heritage Command said ...

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is ready to assist Japan in repatriating the remains of Japanese soldiers who died in the country during World War II, the Department of the Interior and Local ...