In August 1942, Japanese ace Saburo Sakai watched American fighters begin fighting in a way the Imperial Navy had never seen before. Above Guadalcanal, elite Zero pilots suddenly found themselves ...

With a stroke of a presidential pen, the lives of Izumi Taniguchi, Minoru Tajii, Homei Iseyama and Peggy Yorita irreparably changed on Feb. 19, 1942. On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

The Hellcat’s forgiving flight characteristics and durability allowed less experienced pilots to survive early engagements and gain greater experience against the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. The ...

It’s hard to imagine what Schuylkill County families must have thought when they read the bold headline “WAR IS ON” in the Pottsville Republican on Dec. 7, 1941 – 84 years ago today. The Republican ...

The reliable supply of abundant American oil was key to the Allied victory in World War II. The combination of vast oil ...

Victory over Japan Day, or VJ-Day, is commemorated as the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II. The Pacific Ocean ...

It's a reflection of just how fresh the political debate about Japan's role in World War II remains here, even 80 years after its end. TOKYO (AP) — Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to shy away ...

Jan. 8 (UPI) --The Department of Homeland Security in September 2025 said that 2 million undocumented immigrants had been forced out of the United States since the start of Donald Trump's second ...

This remote South Pacific island was home to one of the least necessary battles of World War II. But these days, Peleliu in the country of Palau is bringing in a new kind of tourist thanks to its role ...