80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

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.

Two Japanese men in gray stand on a stone path and look down at a tablet next to a tripod in front of a dark marble monument engraved with lines of names in white.

Searchable 3D map highlights names of US casualties at WWII Battle of Okinawa

A Japanese firm has created an interactive website where families of U.S. troops killed during the Battle of Okinawa can see their loved ones’ names on the island’s Cornerstone of Peace memorial.

A folded American flag with white stars visible on blue fabric rests on top of a tan military-style hard case. The flag is ceremonially folded in the traditional triangular manner typically used for military honors and funeral services.

Isotope test reveals WWII remains found on Okinawa are likely American

Japanese scientists using an improved method of analysis recently identified a third set of remains as likely those of an American service member who fought on Okinawa during World War II.

People take photos and read signs in front of the bombed wreckage of a domed building.

Hiroshima pauses in silence to mark 80 years since world’s first atomic bombing

More than 55,000 people standing in Peace Memorial Park bowed their heads at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, marking with silence the precise moment that the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on this city 80 years ago.

An elderly Japanese man wearing a white shirt, green tie and dark-rimmed glasses stands with the assistance on a cane, while another man to the right holds a microphone in front of him and a person to the left records with a video camera.

Hiroshima survivor helps mark 80 years since Lonesome Lady bomber tragedy

A plaque unveiled recently in this rural town near Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni commemorates the nine-member crew of the Lonesome Lady, a B-24 Liberator that crashed on July 28, 1945.

Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale

Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.

A diver in scuba gear is seen just below the surface of water next to the wreckage of a ship, with the sky above the waterline at the top of the scene.

USS Arizona Memorial tour reservations paused amid preservation efforts

The National Park Service is temporarily suspending advance reservations for tours of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor scheduled past Sept. 3 due to ongoing preservation work to the popular tourist site.