Martin, of Niles, Mich., was killed when a shell fragment struck him in the chest on May 15, 1945, as 6th Marine Division fought to take Sugar Loaf Hill in Okinawa’s capital city, Naha, according to ...

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy ...

finally chronicled his war experience in the book "Whatever It Took," an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival and heroism in the last days of World War II. Cremation ...

Don't miss a story. Get San José Spotlight headlines delivered to your inbox. San Jose has finalized the removal of a farmhouse once home to World War II Japanese internment camp survivors to make way ...

Paratroopers were snapped for a newspaper early on the morning of 24 March 1945, drinking tea before getting into planes to be dropped over Germany Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended ...

1945: Japanese troops carry out a coup and overthrow French authorities and declare Vietnam independent, but a few months later, after being defeated in World War II, Japan leaves the country.

A small group of soldiers toured World War II battle ... born paratrooper. “I couldn’t say no.” Italian reenactor Enrico Ricci was also on hand, wearing an American military uniform with ...

In WWII, the U.S. deployed about three million of its twelve million servicemen stateside for mobilizing and training forces, planning logistics, and transporting supplies. Joseph Newkirk is a ...

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