U.S. Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi, a native of New Ulm, was a prisoner of war being transported on a Japanese ship when it ...

Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency says 20-70cm (8- to 27-inch) tsunamis observed at several ports. A powerful 7.5-magnitude ...

In a world beset by conflict in the Middle East and an enduring war in Ukraine, tensions are again heating up in East Asia.

The United States has used several different insignia on its military aircraft throughout its aviation history, and some have ...

The plan codifies demands for Japan to spend more on defense and increase its capabilities – efforts Japanese officials say ...

Explore how the Pearl Harbor movie twists real World War II history, what truly happened on December 7, 1941, and why the film’s controversy is trending again.

Hiroya Sugano was 12 when U.S. forces bombed his hometown Shizuoka during WWII. A blackened canteen recovered from the ...

Dr. Masao Tomonaga was two years old when he survived the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki. Today, he and other survivors ...

Adm. William Furlong was a U.S. Navy rear admiral during World War II and served as Chief of Naval Ordnance from 1937 to 1941 ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - On this day in 1941, Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor. At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a ...

December 8 marks the day when former US President Franklin D Roosevelt made the declaration of war against Japan before ...