In downtown Manila, rows upon rows of headstones are laid out on the gentle slopes of a hilltop, the largest single burial ground for US World War II casualties.

World War II was nearing its end in March 1945 when Russell Sattazahn found himself taking cover from enemy fire with other GIs in the basement of a German house. At first they felt protected, but the ...

Ensign Eugene Mandeberg, a U.S. Navy pilot shot down on the last day of WWII, will be buried with full military honors on Sept. 14. Mandeberg's remains were recently identified through new DNA ...

World War II veterans Lester Schrenik, left, and Joe Etheredge, both standing, acknowledged the crowd attending a ceremony on the pier next to the USS Missouri on Tuesday to mark the 80th anniversary ...

World War II veterans participated in a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., marking the … This U.S. Navy World War II combat ...

The kamikaze plane wasn’t more than 90 feet away, about the length of a basketball court. Its intended target was Edward Czechowski and his crew. The 20-year-old Navy coxswain acted quickly, shooting ...

Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still lives mere yards from where hundreds died, on the surface of a statue of a ...

Friends of the National World War II Memorial and the National Park Service on Tuesday co-hosted a Veterans Day observance at the memorial, honoring the 16 million American men and women who served in ...

They traveled from as far as Las Vegas and for some, it will be a first visit. From Alabama to Nevada, they are the modest heroes who did something extraordinary nearly 75 years ago-- fighting on ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans, families and the public gathered Tuesday at the National World War II Memorial to mark the 80th anniversary of V-J Day, the formal surrender of Japan to the allies aboard the ...