Exactly 80 years will have passed next Friday, August 15 - VJ Day - since Japan surrendered in 1945 and WWII ended.

Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle famously led the first U.S. strike against the Japanese homeland during World War II, and ...

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.

The following article was commissioned by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans in 2020 and was part of an ongoing series commemorating the 75th anniversary ...