More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end ...
Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...
ANCHORAGE — Gregory Golodoff spent most of his years on a quiet Alaska island, living an ordinary life, managing a co-op store, fishing for crab and serving as the village council president. But ...
With the Allies closing in, Germany and Imperial Japan launched spectacularly daring last-ditch missions to save themselves ...
A U.S. squad armed with guns and hand grenades closes in on Japanese holdouts entrenched in dugouts during World War II on Attu Island, Alaska, in June 1943. (U.S. Army via AP, File) ANCHORAGE, Alaska ...
IWO-TO, Japan — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II's bloodiest battles. Naruhito and his wife, ...
The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...
WHITTIER, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - An important part of Alaskan history is now back in Alaska. On Tuesday, the Prince William Sound Museum in Whittier accepted a 1939 Japanese machine gun — called a ...
When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.