1,500 US Marines Land in Lebanon
This nameplate was used in 1958
What so Proudly we hail 1976
This nameplate was used in 1976

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.

An airman works with an incinerator.

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.

A black-and-white, World War II-era portrait of a Navy sailor in uniform.

One of the last US survivors of Pearl Harbor dies at 102

Jessie A. Mahaffey, one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the USS Oklahoma during the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, died March 1 in Alexandria, La., at the age of 102.

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.