More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end ...
From the moment he heard about Pearl Harbor at 15 years old, Jim Sivelle said he knew he would join the service and “go fight ...
NORFOLK, Va. — A new exhibit on the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II opens Aug. 23 at the MacArthur Memorial, paired with a special lecture series on the war’s final weeks in the Pacific.
Gerard Goeden, turning 101 in January, witnessed history as part of the 200-soldier unit guarding MacArthur during WWII's ...
At the Museum of Veterans in Vilonia, there is a framed copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. It was a donation to the museum by an old sailor who was there for the proceedings some 80 years ...