The National Historical Commission of the Philippines has posted photos of Filipino women who exhibited gallantry during World War II (WWII) in commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) ...

The first time I learned about a group of women who created propaganda aimed at Germany and Japan during World War II, I was intrigued. These four women – Betty MacDonald, Zuzka Lauwers, Jane ...

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 ...

Locked up in prison, surrounded by barbed wire.” That's how Morton Grove storyteller Anne Shimojima described her parents’ ...

IWO JIMA, Japan — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese .

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

“We just met today,” said Marcy Lackovic. In fact, they worked together during World War II at the Martin Bomber Plant at Offutt Field. Margy was a typist. Marcy inspected planes. “I didn ...

However, midair refueling didn't have practical applications yet during the time of World War II, making the logistics ... and civilian pilots. The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and ...

It was 80 years ago today when the Battle of Okinawa commenced during World War 2. The United States Marine ... fought their way through the Imperial Japanese Army in a bloody 82 day battle.

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the ... the Pacific theater to assist Japan. That plan was thwarted when ...

During the World War-II, the Special Operations Executive (SOE ... This is because it employed civilians, from all backgrounds, including women, which was unusual at a time where most spies were ...