The tour starts at the museum, on the third floor of Brisbane City Hall, a short taxi ride from Gallipoli Barracks or a ...

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 ...

History tells us that we ignore the Central Pacific at our own peril, especially as China turns its attention to the vital ...

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

In Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 889 Commander Bob Martin's opinion, the Purple Heart is an honor that absolutely should be ...

Master Sergeant Arcadio Santiago Rodríguez, 101, of Palm Bay, Florida, went peacefully into his Father's arms on July 11, 2025.

In the beginning days of World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur was holed up on Corregidor, a small island in Manila Bay in the ...

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

Did you know that the Purple Heart is America’s oldest military award? In 1782, although the Revolutionary War was basically ...

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 ...

Today in History for Aug. 14: In 1040, King Duncan of Scotland was murdered by Macbeth, who became king and ruled for 17 years. In 1811, Paraguay declared its independence. In 1814, British General ...

This 1945 Universal Newsreel showed the first pictures of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On August 1… ...