On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service launched a surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor ...

Japan’s surrender was preceded the week before by the dropping of two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9). Both of those bombs, which fell on targets of ...

There was nothing elegant about St. Peter's in Chains, the small chapel where Servant of God Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Dec. 24, 1942. It was a simple ...

Alaska carries a lot of symbolism, especially for Americans. The phrase “North to Alaska” is the title of a popular song ...

The Newfoundland summit resulted in the Atlantic Charter, confirmation of human rights that laid the foundation for the ...

Trump saved his vitriol for Ukraine instead of Russia, blaming Zelensky for fighting against Russia, even though Ukraine was ...

On December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was quietly working on his stamp collection when Navy Secretary Frank ...

Also new: a series kickoff from Judy Lin and a Chicka Chicka book, on the New York Times list for the week ended July 26.

Herbert E. McLaughlin, a Shawano native and the first from the area killed in action during World War II, is finally being ...

Australia this week announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy advanced warships from Japan, a move that can go a long way to ...