Today, the Pacific remains a prominent strategic interest for the U.S. military, but the Marine Corps recently deactivated ...
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How Japan Invaded China in World War II

Japan’s invasion of China in World War II began with the expansion of conflict after years of tension. Following the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, Japanese forces launched a full-scale war, ...
Saburo Sakai, remembered as the “Samurai of the Air,” rose to fame as one of Japan’s most skilled fighter pilots in the Pacific War. Flying his Zero, he engaged in legendary duels with American aces ...
Dan Dorchak survived 50 bombing missions as a WWII Flying Tigers bombardier, including a bullet to the neck that nearly ...
The focus of remembrance was especially sharp in Hiroshima, where the city marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic bombing on ...
Japanese American author, actor, and social activist Ken Mochizuki, whose picture book debut, 'Baseball Saved Us,' shone a ...
Charles Speight, who served as a Navy fighter pilot in WWII, died on Monday, Sept. 22, at 103, according to his obituary. Speight, according to his obituary with the Brannen-Nesmith Funeral Home, ...
Official World War II stories elaborated by the Western powers are based on omissions The official stories of World War II, elaborated by the Western powers, are built on a basis of deliberate ...
The Japanese government has postponed recognizing a Palestinian state for the time being, in part to consider its relationship with the United States, but it is considering the possibility of future ...
The Covington County War Memorial honors those of our area who fell in our nation’s wars and conflicts. Engraved on the ...
Eighty years ago, U.S. President Harry Truman authorized the U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan. Just days earlier, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, a Canadian diplomat made a slight ...
The remains of a U.S. Army serviceman who died as a prisoner of war during World War II will be buried Tuesday with full ...