In Papua, U.S. Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger and members of his staff look over newly taken ground in the Triangle area, 1942. Credit: Centre for Military History Subscribe for ads-free ...

The generation that fought in World War II is a proud yet shrinking group. The US Department of Veterans Affairs estimates ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Air Combat Pilot: WW2 Pacific Air Combat Pilot: WW2 Pacific is a free-to-play action-oriented flight sim set in the Pacific theater of WW2. It uniquely ...

Go inside one of the toughest battles of WWII. This video documents the unflinching courage and the sheer intensity of combat ...

LODI -- Corporal Frank S. Wright, 98, will proudly tell you that he quit high school in 1942 to join the military during World War II. The Lodi veteran said he chose the Marines for one simple reason.

A Palm Springs Air Museum sponsored expedition aimed at solving one of the great mysteries in aviation discovered five WWII ...

Beach assault, Saipan, June 1944. USGov PD. June 15, 1944 U.S. Marines and Army troops, supported by a massive fleet, invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's ...

Captain Richard J. Bong nicknamed his Lighting P-38 fighter plane Marg after his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl. The World War II flying ace is shown with his plan at a New Guinea Air Base on March 31, ...

One harmful habit that can keep anybody from fulfilling their potential is self-coddling. This is when a person encounters difficulty, but instead of pushing through it, runs to a harmful vice in an ...

The remains of a United States Navy Ensign killed near Yap Island over the Pacific Ocean during World War II has finally returned to Salt Lake City, where he was born and raised.

Ships played a crucial role in World War II, from large-scale engagements in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of war to smaller clashes in the Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The various ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Battleships and Carriers: Pacific War Casual turn-based WW2 Pacific naval strategy: move, search & destroy, build units and develop technologies. Clear and ...