Guam has been an American territory since the United States took it from Spain in 1898, with only one interruption -- the brutal three-year occupation by the Japanese Empire during World War II.

John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the tribe’s native language, has died. (AP Photo/Donovan Quintero) WINDOW ROCK, ...

The presence of "flying leathernecks" in the Pacific Theater helped lead the United States to victory over the formidable Japanese forces. Dogfighting over the sea and islands, and supporting the ...

The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, marked the United States’ entry into World War II, but the American military had been preparing for war long beforehand. The Marine Corps ...

The Route 340 bridge over Compton Creek in Page County was dedicated Wednesday as the United States Marine Corps Sergeant Richard T. Brumback Memorial Bridge. The Commonwealth Transportation Board ...

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The train carrying Sam Nebesky, 25, had just pulled into Union Station in Washington, D.C., when he sent his girlfriend, Shirley, 21, a Western Union telegram telling her to meet him at Penn Station ...