WWII
DOD agency identifies missing remains of Medal of Honor recipient killed in 1945
The Defense Department announced Friday that it had identified the missing remains of a Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in the Philippines in 1945 while a prisoner of war.
Former Navy warship goes down unexpectedly ahead of sinking exercise
A decommissioned U.S. warship, originally selected for target practice during a joint military exercise, sank unexpectedly on its own Monday off the Philippines’ western coast.
WWII human remains, artifacts discovered on Ie Shima during Okinawa film shoot
A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima, marking the first such discovery on the island in more than 20 years, according to Japanese officials.
DNA collection nears mark needed to exhume USS Arizona unknowns from Hawaii cemetery
A Virginia real estate agent is close to finishing a self-appointed mission aimed at collecting enough DNA to meet the threshold for exhuming dozens of unknown Pearl Harbor victims who were serving aboard the USS Arizona.
Visiting veterans remember WWII Battle of Okinawa on 80th anniversary
World War II veterans returned to Okinawa to commemorate the “devastating” battle that lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945.
Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
The vast number of graves he saw on Iwo Jima remains a lasting memory for Robert Bergen, a former Navy corpsman and one of the few remaining survivors of the battle fought there 80 years ago.
Air Force engineers uncover WWII-era runways for new purpose in the Pacific
Engineers are on track to finish clearing vegetation from an airfield on Tinian by May, paving the way for the restoration of at least two of its four World War II-era runways, according to the Air Force.