The fate of the Pacific Theater of War had nearly been sealed in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. US forces had done the ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan (V-J) Day, observed in the U.S. on September 2—the day in 1945 ...

Eighty years ago this week marked the formal end to World War II when Imperial Japan surrendered to the Allies aboard a US ...

RELATED PHOTO GALLERY In a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, where Imperial Japan’s surprise Dec. 7, 1941, attack drew the United States into World War II, a crowd gathered Tuesday on the pier beside the ...

A 100-year-old Second World War veteran who witnessed the official ceremony marking Japan ’s surrender has spoken of his memories 80 years on from the end of the conflict. At such a critical moment in ...

About two dozen people gathered at a burial ground in Japan for a service that coincided with Japan’s formal surrender aboard ...

Reg Draper, 100, was a stores assistant on Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York, which was sailing off the coast of Japan ...

As the nation marks 80 years since World War II ended, 98-year-old Navy veteran Bill Reeves of Henrico recalls his service ...