Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

President Harry Truman announced Aug. 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to end World War II. In several ...

Cam Pelletier was a 23-year-old serving in the Navy in the South Pacific in August 1945 when President Harry Truman announced ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday pledged that Japan will never again take the path to war, expressing ...

Top collectors on the island have amassed hundreds of thousands of artifacts — and there are still more being found.

Aug. 14 is National Navajo Code Talker Day, honoring the over 400 Code Talkers who served with U.S. Marines in the Pacific ...

World War II ended 80 years ago when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Here's how ...

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy ...

Kilroy, the bald guy with the long nose hanging over a wall, may be the world’s first viral meme. While it didn’t originate ...

Anderson, of Dover, passed away on Aug. 1, at the age of 102. To recognize Anderson's lifetime of service, Governor Meyer ...

Count Folke Bernadotte, the nephew of Sweden's King Gustav V and a colleague of Herman Allen, helped arrange a ceremony for ...

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