Foss shot down 23 Japanese aircraft from October 9 through November 19, 1942, according to his Medal of Honor citation. As ...

The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, ...

For example, the World War II tanker E.M. Clark sank on a relatively flat, sandy seabed in 1942 when it was torpedoed by a German submarine. To this day, the intact metal wreck looms over the North ...

Each year on February 15, followers gather at Sulfur Bay near the smoking slopes of Mount Yasur, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, to celebrate John Frum Day. Dressed in improvised military ...

Captain Willian D. “Bill” McClure was born in 1925 in Lebanon, Missouri, where he was raised in a family of […] ...

A team of maritime and naval conservation organizations are embarking on a project to recover a World War II torpedo bomber ...

Combat welder? There is a classification in both the United States Army and the US Navy today, but in the South Pacific ...

For years, China has been working to tackle widespread corruption within its massive army. But with the toppling of a popular general and former ally, Chinese leader Xi Jinping may be sacrificing ...

Swan Hellenic will be bringing its brand of cultural expedition cruising to the Asia-Pacific region for the first time in 2026. The move marks a new chapter for the company’s vessel SH Minerva, which, ...

Two gravesites, less than 10 miles apart in a crowded, noisy, Asian metropolis of 14 million, stand testament to the horror, ...

In the final year of World War II, American forces faced an enemy that refused to fight above ground. Across the Pacific, ...

Discover war miniseries that pack a powerful punch in just a few episodes, outshining many longer TV shows, from Band of ...