Malaria could be as dangerous to GIs in the Pacific theater of World War II as the enemy. To fight it, they used hammers and ...

80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...

By April 1945, the war in Europe had ended with Allied victory, but the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II took place a mere 350 miles from ...

Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

More than 80 years after the Battle of Guadalcanal, communities today are still grappling with the unexploded devices left ...

He also started Operation Pacific Tribute ... pilots are working to take two WWII veterans to the Philippines to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila. The battle was one ...

Samuel Paparo, U.S. Army Pacific deputy commander Lt. Gen. Joel Vowell and Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson. About 66,000 U.S. veterans of WWII are ... during the battle for the ...

Journey through the blood-soaked shores of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in The Pacific, a war drama that intertwines personal struggles with intense combat sequences.

did not talk much of World War II. He didn’t hold a grudge. He lived in Japan for about 30 years and married a Japanese woman, my mother. He covered other battles in the Pacific, including ones ...