Free at last 1981
This nameplate was used in 1981
Hawaii Edition 1945
This nameplate was used in 1945

WWII

Three people bow in front of a hillside stone memorial displaying U.S. and Japanese flags, with offerings and flowers placed at its base.

Japanese neighborhood preserves memory of WWII crash and its cost

About 75 people, including approximately 30 Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, attended the annual Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony.

A wrecked, World War II-era military propeller plane sits on the ocean floor covered in sand and barnacles.

Sunken Devastator torpedo bomber from WWII may become first of its kind in a museum

The Devastator torpedo bomber’s role in World War II was short-lived but historic.

A black-and-white, 1940s-era photo of a large crowd of people standing next to a train at a station depot outside a World War II concentration camp.

Survivors’ words bring Holocaust history to life for DOD students in Japan

Holocaust survivor Ella Mandel did not soften her words as she spoke to a group of Defense Department middle school students thousands of miles away.

A wrecked, World War II-era military propeller plane sits on the ocean floor covered in sand and barnacles.

Sunken Devastator torpedo bomber from WWII may become first of its kind in a museum

No vestige of the World War II-era Devastator torpedo bomber is found in any museum or collection anywhere in the world.

Two men in military dress uniforms place a yellow and black ribbon on a large rock with a memorial plaque on it.

Memorial honors WWII soldiers torpedoed in Hawaii waters in 1942

The Hawaii Army National Guard dedicated a new memorial this week honoring the 26 guardsmen aboard a transport boat sunk by a Japanese torpedo while near Maui in January 1942.

An unexploded bomb is seen being uncovered in the dirt.

American-made bomb from WWII uncovered near runway on small Okinawa island

Okinawa authorities discovered a U.S.-made bomb believed to date to World War II during an airport safety survey on a southern Japanese island, the first ordnance found in a series of inspections launched after an explosion last year.

A sepia-toned photo of a U.S. Navy sailor in uniform from around the 1940s.

A bullet creased a Navy heart at Pearl Harbor and sparked a WWII love story

During their nearly 50 years together, Alice Darrow was fond of saying she filled the bullet-sized hole in her Navy husband’s heart from the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with love.