In 1944, PNG's Manus Island was home to one of the most impressive allied military bases in the Pacific. After signing the ...

In the early days of WW2 naval warfare, U.S. sailors doubted the thin-skinned destroyers entrusted to protect convoys and ...

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THE heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had raced across the Pacific with components of the first atomic bomb. But two torpedoes ...

For at least five years, Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Russell Owen Chitwood remained misidentified amid the casualties from ...

Spurred by fears of a China threat, U.S. militarization leaves locals more vulnerable, a Guam-based analyst says.

On February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines launched Operation Detachment, the massive assault on Iwo Jima, beginning one of the ...

China has built 350 new missile silos and expanded nuclear warheads by 20% in one year, reaching "war footing," according to ...

The Pacific Northwest is a key hub of the U.S. maritime industry, home to dozens of small and large shipyards that support a ...

We've selected some of the most interesting images from book Abandoned Cold War Places, by Robert Grenville, and look at the fascinating history behind them.