The Truk Atoll, now known as the Chuuk Lagoon, lies about 900 miles northeast of the main island of Papua New Guinea and ...

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

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 ...

A lifelong story of love and service has been brought into the public eye through a compelling donation to a World War II-related museum.

On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sinking battleships, destroying aircraft, and killing over 2,400 Americans. The next day, President Franklin Delano ...

Eighty-one years ago, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese forces, leaving over 3,400 casualties and pushing the U.S. to join the Allies in World War II. Japan launched the surprise attack with ...

Edward D. Bowden was killed when Japanese torpedoes and bombs hit the USS California in the 1941 attack, according to the ...

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

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward D. Bowden, a 29-year-old from New Bern, who was killed in the Pearl Habo ...

Part I. "Pearl Harbor" as code: wars of choice and failures of intelligence. 1. Infamy and the cracked mirror of history : "Pearl Harbor" as code ; The boomerang of "Pearl Harbor" -- 2. The failure of ...

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 ...