The remains of a United States Navy Ensign killed near Yap Island over the Pacific Ocean during World War II has finally ...

Explore the pivotal role of dive bombers in the Pacific Theater during World War II, from the early Vindicator to the ...

Explore the dramatic events of the Battle of Midway, a pivotal turning point in WWII in the Pacific! Dive into the strategic ...

Out of all American World War 2 naval vessels, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) is by far the most decorated ship in the U.S. Navy.

China had been invaded by Japan in 1931—the first sign of war—and 1937. And the United States did not get active. And finally ...

Robert Stillman Garcia died during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, but his legacy of service held strong in his family, ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds.

After 80 years at the bottom of a remote Pacific lagoon, a sunken Japanese warship has begun to spill its toxic cargo into ...

Coined by the military as "landing ship, tanks," or LSTs, U.S. forces deployed ships from southern Indiana to the Pacific ...

As the Pacific war crept ever closer to American shores, the U.S. military turned to technology to watch the skies. By late ...

The M4 Sherman was the backbone of Allied armored forces in World War II. It devastated German armor and infantry across ...

Salvation Army Guam donated food supplies to villages in Chuuk affected by oil spills from Rio de Janeiro Maru, a vessel ...