Today marks the 69th year since the start of the historic Battle of the Philippine Sea, the last of five carrier-to-carrier battles during World War II between the US and Japan. According to an online history site, the military carrier strength of Imperial Japan was greater than that of the US in 1944, and this [...]

It is a little-known fact that just as American POWs languished in German and Japanese concentration camps during World War II, German POWs also served time on American soil. They began arriving in 1943, and some have chosen to stay on even after Allied forces emerged victorious in the European arena in May, 1945. Thousands [...]

June 6, 1944 marked the beginning of Operation Neptune, the landing operations of the invasion of Normandy by Allied forces; a day that has since been known as D-Day. On Monday, around 300 U.S. soldiers were in Normandy, France, along with their British, French, and German counterparts, to mark the 67th anniversary of D-Day. A [...]

June 4th marked the 69th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, which began on June 4, 1942, and lasted until June 7th. The Battle of Midway, which happened approximately six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, has been tagged as the most important naval battle in the Pacific theater during the Second World War. [...]

Service members, especially those who serve in combat roles, live by many written and unwritten rules of conduct. Among these are the pact – and the assurance – that no man is left behind, even with the passing of time. Such is the brotherhood of those in the military service, and true to their word, [...]

The past can be a sensitive issue – especially if it contains painful memories that one would rather not relive. It is therefore understandable that there are Veterans who would rather keep the past in the past – and leave whatever happened during the War in the War. This is the choice made by one [...]