There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately 13 square kilometres, it is little more than a speck on the map.

In the spring of 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima unfolded as one of the Pacific War’s most brutal clashes, pitting U.S. Marines ...

Nine days after D-Day, on June 15, 1944, the Battle of Saipan erupted on the other side of the world. It was to be as pivotal for the Pacific Theater as D-Day was for the war in Europe. Eighty years ...

The latest U.S. amphibious landing at Angaur was made ten months after the first heavily opposed landing in the Pacific, at Tarawa. This dispatch from TIME Correspondent John Walker shows what ...

Japanese war lords viewed with hissing alarm the growing tonnages of high explosive dropped on the line from the Bonins to the Moluccas. Domei’s military commentator read the tonnage figures, and ...

The lives of those who sacrificed for freedom on Oct. 25, 1944, summon us to integrate faith into action, following Christ’s example of heroic charity. Foreground: Book cover of ‘Battle in the Pacific ...

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire and partners explored Iron Bottom Sound, uncovering naval wrecks and ...

ADA, Minn. — Memorial Day is coming up and in Ada, Minnesota, high school students there have found a special way to honor veterans and their families. As part of the 80th anniversary of World War ...