In September 1944, during the island-hopping campaign across the Pacific, U.S. Marines launched an invasion of the small ...

While fierce fighting raged on islands like Peleliu, another battle was unfolding that would shape the final phase of the Pacific War: the invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. The capture of ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington – Eighty years ago, the Battle of Luzon showcased the decisive power of the U.S. Army in the Pacific, demonstrating the indispensable role of land forces in ...

PALAU, Western Pacific - The brilliant blue waters, thick foliage and bucolic atmosphere on this seemingly idyllic archipelago deep in the Pacific Ocean belie the key role it now plays in a titanic ...

On April 1, 1945, thousands of American troops landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a heavily fortified Pacific island to the south of Japan. Nearly three months later, the United States claimed victory ...

TOKYO – When dignitaries and guests gather on the remote island of Guadalcanal this week to commemorate the epic battle where Japan’s relentless advance in World War II was finally halted, one group ...

Mark Stille, the veteran author of numerous books on naval history, among them Pacific Carrier War and, Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle, has produced a meticulous, ...

LODI -- Corporal Frank S. Wright, 98, will proudly tell you that he quit high school in 1942 to join the military during World War II. The Lodi veteran said he chose the Marines for one simple reason.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf holds important lessons for a hypothetical China-U.S. naval clash – and Chinese strategists know it. An explosion on the USS St. Lo (CVE-63) after she was hit by a kamikaze ...

Preparation For War. Populations and Powers -- Military Strengths of the Allies -- Military Strengths of the Axis -- Fleets of Major World Powers -- Soviet Forces in Europe -- Japan and the Second ...