Veterans commemorate Battle of Midway
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Six veterans of the Battle of Midway and about 1,800 people ventured to this remote atoll on Monday to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the fight that marked a turning point in World War II.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Japanese and U.S. officials have found four mass graves that they believe hold the remains of 500 World War II soldiers, nearly 65 years after a bloody battle on the remote Alaskan island of Attu.
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Servicemen and women who died in wars are remembered across Wales on Remembrance Sunday.
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Historians and survivors of Japan's  surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 are  using the latest online technology to preserve their memories  of the day that drew the United States into World War II.
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Several hundred mainly British World War II veterans gathered to commemorate one of the darkest moments in the British army's long history: the slaughter at Arnhem Bridge 60 years ago.
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A veteran believed to be the last survivor of a group who raised the US flag on Japan's Iwo Jima island dies.
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The commemoration of Pearl Harbor Day, held on the steps of the Linn County Courthouse Tuesday morning, was a study in contrasts: Gray-haired men bearing M-1 rifles from the American
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The first US passenger flight to Vietnam since 1975 shows bilateral ties are &quot;right on track&quot; between old battlefield foes who still spar over human
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Sixty-two years after Japanese torpedoes sank the USS Indianapolis in shark-infested waters, an exhibit in the vessel's namesake city documents its tragic end in the final weeks of World War II.
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By Tom M Miller  Editor, Times-Dispatch:  With others, I was twice privileged to visit Normandy battle sites and the nearby American cemetery holding our special heroes.  Among rows of white crosses two bear gold insignias marking graves of Medal of Honorees.
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France holds two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who helped liberated its south in WWII.
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HUNDREDS of people came together on Sunday to lay wreaths and salute those who lost their lives during the two world wars and other conflicts.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Amid yellow ribbons and farewell banners at a ceremony for Iraq-bound troops here last week was one anonymous combat veteran waging a last-minute federal court battle to stay home.
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A color guard from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) participates in a ceremony honoring former members of the division and other veterans of the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne, Belgium, Dec.
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For US military athletes the Games are a chance to pay tribute to those still in harm's way.
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Dec. 7 -- One by one, survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life-preserver rings honoring their ships.
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CUMBERLAND, Md. -- When Army reservists from the 372d Military Police Company are welcomed home Friday at a belated public ceremony, the loudest cheers will probably come from the local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, who say they're heeding their vow to never again let one generation of veterans be shunned by another.