80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

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.

Two military veterans in wheelchairs are greeted at the airport.

Aged liberators return to Manila to commemorate historic WWII battle’s 80th anniversary

A pair of U.S. veterans are headed home after one of the last visits to the Philippines by Americans who fought there during World War II.

An American man poses with a signed Japanese flag held by a Japanese pair.

Army veteran returns WWII ‘good luck’ flag to Japanese soldier’s family

A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the nephew of a Japanese soldier who carried it into battle during World War II.

U.S. Marines coax a Japanese sailor into surrendering on Guam, July 1944.

Pacific War author’s ‘Guam,’ due in March, fills a void

“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II” sets the scene not only for the Japanese takeover and occupation from Dec. 10, 1941, but the 20 days of battle in July and August 1944 and the complete, post-war change that came over the island.

World War II veteran Arthur Grabiner salutes while holding an American flag.

WWII vets return to the Philippines 8 decades after Manila liberation

Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila.

A framed painting by Fernando Amorsolo is on display.

Art exhibit marks 80 years since the pivotal Battle of Manila during WWII

An art exhibit has opened at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the battle to free the Philippine capital during World War II.

A soldier in dress uniform and white gloves places a wooden case into a casket, while another soldier in dress uniform stands at attention next to the casket.

Remains of dozens of WWII, Vietnam War troops brought to Hawaii for forensic identification

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s forensic lab in Hawaii has begun analyzing dozens of human remains retrieved from Laos and the Philippines in recent weeks in hopes of identifying U.S. service members who were killed in World War II and the Vietnam War.