WASHINGTON -- World War II veterans and military attachés from Australia and the Philippines commemorated the 75th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II in the Pacific in ...

After grueling weeks of all-out warfare, the Philippine mop-up began to look like a mop-up. One of the toughest actions ended last week when U.S. and Filipino forces joined at the onetime enemy base ...

John L. West does not talk much about the time he spent as an U.S. Army paratrooper in the Pacific Theater during World War II, said his oldest son Randolph West. “He’s a fairly taciturn guy,” his son ...

HELENA --Wednesday, Sept. 2, marks the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, celebrating the end of World War II. Japan’s formal surrender occurred aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Among the ...

The world was in chaos 75 years ago. January 9, 1945, marked a pivotal day for the U.S. in World War II's Pacific theater when General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, the commander of U.S. troops in ...

The U.S. was shoulder-deep last week in two great battles 13,000 miles apart—the battle of Luzon, in the Philippines, and the battle of the Ardennes in Belgium and Luxembourg (see below). As combat ...

During World War II, the soldiers in the 38th Infantry Division earned the nickname of “Avengers of Bataan” for their heroic efforts to clear the Philippines of Japanese enemy combatants. Thomas ...

INCREASE. WALTER: A WORLD WAR II VETERAN RECEIVED A BIG HONOR AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY. ROBERT FONG WAS AN ARMY PRIVATE ARTILLERY MECHANIC. HE SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF LUZON, IN THE PHILIPPINES.