Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

Maurice Jester, the Coast Guard cutter Icarus, shown here, sank a German U-boat off the North Carolina coast during WWII. (U.S. Coast Guard) After the Japanese ... American waters he had thus far ...

After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing ...

In “Secret Warriors,” R.A. Shiomi writes about Japanese-American soldiers who, during World War II, were trained in Japanese language skills in order to serve as interrogators, translators and ...

Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency An American soldier who was killed during World War II ... The blaze was the result of heavy U.S. aircraft bombing of the Japanese capital, reported Military.com ...

"Secret Warriors" by R.A. Shiomi explores the impact Japanese ... Military during WWII. Across the jungles and inlets of the Pacific theater during World War II, a unit of Japanese American ...

A submarine of Russia's Pacific Fleet conducted drills in the Sea of Japan, launching cruise missiles at sea and coastal targets, the Russian state Tass news agency reported on Wednesday.