The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II ... Imperial Japanese Navy officer, recounted ...

WWII veteran John Robinson, 102, of Portsmouth helped target Japanese artillery in Battle of Iwo Jima using sound tracking ...

Royal New Zealand Navy veteran Ken Gordon has received a letter from King Charles thanking him for his war service. To mark Anzac Day, the Gisborne Herald’s Wynsley Wrigley spoke with Gordon about ...

even in the midst of one of the worst battles of World War II.” Here's what to know about the attack on the Missouri and the pilot's burial: Japan launched a suicide attack campaign as a last ...

In June 1942, Yorktown was stricken by Japanese vessels, including the aircraft carrier Hiryu and the submarine I-168, during the Battle of Midway—a naval battle ... s flag car, or it was ...

"With “SHIP SERVICE ___ NAVY” written on part of its front plate, this car is hypothesized to have been used for Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, Captain Elliott Buckmaster, or other ship ...

Japan, in the first Army Day Parade since the end of World War II, April 12, 1946 Keystone/Getty Images Fires senior women military leaders from their posts at the Coast Guard, Navy, and Air Force ...

as “Reppu” (Strong Wind/Gale), after a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy fighter. A Kyodo exclusive story, relying on “interviews with multiple government officials,” said the ...

At dawn on February 16, 1945, Japanese carriers Ise and Hyuga sailed through frigid waters, transporting vital oil for ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two Japanese naval ships docked Saturday at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, whose recently completed Chinese-funded upgrade has heightened U.S. concerns that it will be ...