The Battle of the Eastern Solomons, fought on August 24-25, 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign, was a crucial carrier battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It marked the third major carrier ...

Freeman Johnson, one of the oldest known living Pearl Harbor survivors, recently celebrated a milestone birthday with loved ones in Massachusetts Boston sister station WCVB recently received a letter ...

On Feb. 23, 1942, 69 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese submarine I-17 appeared off the coast north of Santa ...

In March 1943, Allied air forces meticulously planned and coordinated a strategic assault in the South West Pacific. Their target: Japanese shipping in the Bismarck Sea. The build-up was intense, and ...

As the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran grinds into its third week, Washington is committing more forces from the Pacific to the fight, heightening concerns about regional military readiness, alliances ...