Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.

A famed Japanese destroyer lost in 1942 has been found severed on the South Pacific seafloor — the result of a fantastic David-vs.-Goliath sea battle that remains the stuff of legend for the U.S. Navy ...

Chinese ships also circled Australia earlier this year, performing live-fire drills which New Zealand's defense minister described as a "wake-up call." Chinese aircraft also continue to cross the ...

From war epics like Band of Brothers to horror gems like The Haunting of Hill House, these are the best miniseries that clock ...

Special to Wesson News Twenty-seven Mississippi veterans, including two from the Wesson area, along with their guardians travelled to Washington, D.C., last month on a Honor Flight sponsored by ...

In "Wisconsin Idols," Dean Robbins appreciates 100 artists, thinkers and pioneers who had some impact on the state or himself.

Japan's imperial couple commemorated compatriots who died in internment camps after the end of World War II during the first ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has met Mongolia's President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh during a visit aimed at strengthening ties between ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has announced plans to honor Japanese World War II prisoners during his visit to Mongolia next week ...

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

WWII veteran John Robinson, 102, of Portsmouth helped target Japanese artillery in Battle of Iwo Jima using sound tracking technology.