invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...

was reportedly one of the most photographed Black Widows in the Pacific Theater, and also was the aircraft that scored the final two aerial "kills" of World War II. One was on the last night of ...

At War in the Pacific National Historical Park, the former battlefields, gun emplacements, trenches, and historic structures all serve as silent reminders of the bloody World War II battles that raged ...

Four local Black men made history as members of the Montford Point Marines, the first Black unit to serve in the Marine Corps ...