Lt. Marvin Metzler stands as ramrod straight at 90 as he did at 17 when he joined the U.S. Navy on July 7, 1937, four years before the United States entered World War II. By the time his first ...

Remains of WWII bomber pilot, lost in the Pacific in ’44, are identified First Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson was one of 11 men on the B-24 shot down off New Guinea. February 26, 2025 ...

During WWII, Guam was a strategic military location for both the U.S. and Japan. In July 1944, U.S. troops invaded and secured the Japanese-held island in the western Pacific Ocean, located nearly ...

The atoll was spotted by US Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Chester Nimitz while looking over a map of the area to find a good location for an advance base to support future operations against the ...

Wreckage of sunken Japanese WWII ship found 00:30. A team of investigators says they have found the wreck of the USS Stewart, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served under both American and Japanese ...

This film documents the experiences of 1st Marine Division veterans who fought in WWII. On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942, the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most ...

World War II in the Pacific: ... U.S. Army engineer Lieutenant Ken Gerrish recorded daily life in Australia and New Guinea on 16 mm film (map). After World War II, ...

The Pacific — Then and Now: US Army Pacific hosts WWII veteran. ... as there is no place of paradise during war. December 7, 1941, following Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, ...