The Battle of Tarawa was the opening campaign of the U.S. drive across the central Pacific during World War II.

Discover the story of the OS2U Kingfisher, a versatile aircraft often overlooked but crucial in the Pacific War.

With Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood created his best war film by taking a look at the Japanese side of World War II.

In a powerful new talk in Tokyo, Star Trek legend George Takei revisits his childhood behind barbed wire in U.S. World War II ...

When visiting the towns of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland, remnants of the war are clear as the legacy of the atomic bomb ...

There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately ...

When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.

During World War II, the U.S. government incarcerated all West Coast Japanese Americans in internment camps. We ask how this forced displacement affected Japanese American enclaves. Using the recently ...