The Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) will procure the next generation of Japanese anti-landing craft missiles next year as ...

It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to give to my father what he didn’t receive after Vietnam. ... It was an honor and a ...

During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew ...

Note: The following is one of a series of stories about "Greatest Generation" service members, based on interviews conducted ...

Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline ...

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

Anoka resident and World War II veteran Stan Nelson gets ready to unveil a POW/MIA Monument Sept. 23 at the Veterans Memorial ...

Tolley Fletcher, 104, eased into his recliner, his television unsurprisingly set on country music, in the den in the house he ...

Today we're taking a look at the Martin PBM Mariner, an often forgotten flying boat that was primarily operated by the US Navy. It saw extensive service in the Second World War and distinguished ...

THE heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had raced across the Pacific with components of the first atomic bomb. But two torpedoes ...

Bill Knapp, the legendary Des Moines real estate developer and philanthropist, died Saturday, Nov. 15, at age 99.

Bill Knapp, a Des Moines businessman who died Saturday, was interred Friday at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter.