Though the nationalist government led China to victory in 1945, this is largely overlooked in modern Chinese commemorations

On Sept. 2, 1945, the Japanese and the Allies gathered to mark the official end of WWII. The process went smoothly until Col. Lawrence Cosgrave signed his name on the wrong line.

The papers outlined the day-to-day operations involving Nazi and Italian Fascist prisoners of war held during World War II at nearby Camp Upton, the present-day home of Brookhaven National Laboratory. Cardone-Leathers said she had not known this piece of history happened so close to home.

As young marines, Peter MacDonald and Thomas Begay transmitted top secret military messages using their native language. It was an undercover mission that changed U.S. intelligence operations forever.

Every year we like to celebrate the incredible effort by Commander Farragut in 1854 to formally open Mare Island Naval Shipyard,” says MIPF President Kent Fortner. “And it’s a fundraising event

Japanese forces confiscated the home of Central Islip resident Jan Jandayran's maternal grandmother during WWII.

Edwin Smyth, a forced labourer in Hiroshima, saw many POWs who were worked to death and was scarred for life, his son Terry said.

Advocates and community members rallied at Manzanar and other locations nationwide in the past weeks, opposing Trump administration policies they say threaten to obscure difficult chapters of American history.

The Fort Bliss facility, known locally as Camp East Montana, rises like a white tent city on a flat desert plain. It falls within the confines of the military base but is visible from El Paso's bustling Montana Avenue and sits adjacent to an unmarked building that is the local headquarters of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Home of the Brave Brewseum, once a Honolulu landmark, is relocating to Durango, Colorado, where its unique blend of WWII history and craft beer will offer visitors a place to honor veterans.