I was chatting with my mail carrier, Gerald Ellamar, this week. His son, Jase, is in his senior year at Pacific Lutheran ...

The Truk Atoll, now known as the Chuuk Lagoon, lies about 900 miles northeast of the main island of Papua New Guinea and 3,500 miles southeast of Hawaii. Japan used the atoll to help double its ...

This essay is adapted from “Measuring Violence,” the first chapter of John Dower’s book, The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since World War Two.

Mark your calendar to join the North Alabama Veterans and Fraternal Organizations Coalition (NAVFOC) for its annual Pearl ...

China had been invaded by Japan in 1931—the first sign of war—and 1937. And the United States did not get active. And finally ...

The attack on Pearl Harbor marked a pivotal moment in American history, transforming the nation’s military and industrial ...

U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward D. Bowden, 29, of New Bern, North Carolina, was killed during the attack during World War ...

Nurse Alice Beck Darrow, a former longtime Lake County resident, met the Navy sailor who would become her husband when he ...

The U.S. Wartime Censorship Office restricted content flows abroad and the War Department regularly censored journalist’s ...

The Army's plan for establishing a fleet of watercraft in the Pacific includes a commitment to deeper experimentation with ...

As the Pacific war crept ever closer to American shores, the U.S. military turned to technology to watch the skies. By late ...

There's no shortage of great epic movies set during World War II, as classics like Saving Private Ryan, Das Boot, and The ...