“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on James Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering ...

United States Marine Corps.The Marine Corps will celebrate its 250th birthday on November 10, 2025.In the Price of Freedom we take a ...

World War II was the largest and deadliest conflict ... is open to visitors interested in learning more about their wartime role. By 1944, Peleliu Island was occupied by 11,000 Japanese troops ...

and the Battle of Peleliu raged for two months, concluding in November. Remarkably, some Japanese soldiers remained hidden on the island until 1947. The fortified Totleben Island, located in the Gulf ...

Bill served in Tinian, Peleliu, Saipan, Guam, Philippines, Guadal Canal, Okinawa, Marianna Islands and others in World War II. Sid Davis swam to boat in Saipan Tininamo on April 1, 1945 on Easter.

Despite his openness, one had reservations of asking about his experience in World War II. When crossing the Pacific ... New Guinea, Peleliu (Marianas Islands), Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

For years, scores of unexploded practice bombs dating to World War II lay buried beneath the feet of playing children in northern England. What's more, the 175 or so bombs likely would have ...

A ground-shifting moment. The post-WWII principle of American leadership, of America as the leading protector of Western principles and Western territory, seems to have been deeply eroded ...

The U.S. Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II, an official with the ...

Auschwitz survivors have told Sky News of their pessimism that lessons have not been learnt from history, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp. "I hope I'm ...

Lesson plans that include videos of the Tuskegee Airmen, groundbreaking Black pilots known for their service during World War II, and the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World ...