A conversation with historian James Holland on his latest book with Al Murray, "Victory '45: The End of the War in Eight ...

Rhode Island native John DeLeo served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and is one of the last living witnesses to the ...

The Poplar native shot down 40 Japanese airplanes over the South Pacific during World War II to earn the title bestowed on him by General Douglas S. MacArthur who presented Bong the Congressional ...

The Poplar native shot down 40 Japanese airplanes over the South Pacific during World War II to earn the title bestowed on him by General Douglas S. MacArthur who presented Bong the Congressional ...

August 6 is Hiroshima Day, marking the first atomic bombing in 1945. Here's a deep dive into why it happened, who was ...

August 6 and 9 are the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The killing of 140,000 ...

Time has stood still on the sixth floor of the Dai-Ichi Life building across the moat from Tokyo's Imperial Palace. Behind heavy wooden doors lies an office, preserved since 1945, that houses the desk ...

By the late 1930s, the Douglas Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, California had firmly established itself as a world leader in the field of commercial aviation with its Douglas Commercial (DC ...

A Japanese general supported “one last battle.” It would be “wondrous for this whole nation to be destroyed like a beautiful flower,” he said. That’s how fanatical their resolve was. Another reason to ...

This U.S. Navy World War II combat bulletin begins with the successful test of an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert a… ...

A Fourth of July block party featured family, fireworks, fun, face painting and a World War II vet as the guest of honor.

The 97-year-old World War II hero and former Olympian was named grand marshal of the 2015 Rose Parade. AP Photo/Nick Ut In 1998, Zamperini got to participate in the Olympics in Japan.