JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington – Eighty years ago, the Battle of Luzon showcased the decisive power of the U.S. Army in the Pacific, demonstrating the indispensable role of land forces in ...

In the hard-fought campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II, 22-year-old Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord of ...

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).

and then headed north along the Luzon coast with two other subs in search of more targets. In a battle with Japanese escort ship CD-22 on the morning of August 24, Harder fired three torpedoes ...