Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Japan and China Commemorate World War II Anniversary on Different Dates Japan occupied much of China before and during WWII in a devastating and brutal invasion that, by some estimates, killed 20...
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29 American Presidents Who Served in the Military Twenty-nine of the 44 men who have served as our nation's commander-in-chief have military backgrounds themselves.
The Little-Known Role of Jimmy Doolittle in Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle famously led the first U.S. strike against the Japanese homeland during World War II, and...
Restoration of Torn-Down Confederate Monument Will Cost $10 Million over 2 Years, Military Says Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress...
How This Airman Survived 3 Months in the Alaskan Wilderness After a World War II Plane Crash Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Leon Crane was co-piloting a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber when an engine malfunctioned and it crashed...
Hiroshima Marks 80 Years Since Atomic Bombing as Aging Survivors Worry about Growing Nuke Threat Hiroshima marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors...
8 Decades After Atomic Bombing in Hiroshima, Search for Missing Continues on Nearby Island When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural...
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
