Pinned down and with casualties mounting, Pvt. Wilson Watson took matters into his own hands to savagely take out enemy entrenchments.

Ichiki’s obsessive adherence to honor and the Bushido code led to a fanatical final assault that the Marines met with ...

Today, our Nation commemorates the 81st anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima—a monumental struggle that advanced the cause of victory in the Pacific ...

Hundreds of American prisoners of war had spent nearly three years starving in a Japanese camp in the Philippines. The story of how they got out remains one of the most extraordinary rescue operations ...

Operation Hailstone, the two-day carrier assault launched 82 years ago this week, demolished Japan's largest overseas naval installation and sent more than 40 ships beneath the waves.

Under clear Arctic skies and in the cover of darkness, Soldiers assigned to the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Air ...

In 1943, one American officer transformed the B-25 Mitchell into a devastating low-level assault aircraft that changed naval warfare in the Pacific. Captain Paul “Papy” Gunn and his modified bombers ...

The 16th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) continues to set the standard for Army Aviation in the Pacific, placing warfighting, lethality, and mission ...

Restoration work in France’s Normandy region got underway this week to modernize and preserve a legendary D-Day site that was showing its age.