Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...
A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...
After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing ...
ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...
A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by the United States ... Hundreds of undetonated bombs dropped on Japan by the United States Army Air Force remain buried across Japan.
For the 80th Reunion of Honor, seven WWII veterans will return to Iwo Jima and be joined by defense secretaries from the US ...