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Eight decades after the Oryoku Maru was sunk by American bombs, specialist divers are returning to retrieve the 250 men still trapped inside They were killed by American bombs. They were held at ...

Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing in on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area where one of the most decisive battles of the time took ...

In the aftermath of Japan’s surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, there was plenty of hope that the United States wouldn’t have the strength to respond. However, the US was a sleeping giant, and instead of ...

While it’s been almost a century since the last kill by an American submarine, other navies have done so more recently.

To commemorate this year’s POW/MIA Recognition Day on Sept. 19, volunteers with the non-profit Stories Behind the Stars (www.storiesbehindthestars.org) have written memorials to honor the American ...

YOKOHAMA (Reuters) - Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force on Wednesday took delivery of the biggest Japanese warship since World War Two, the Izumo, a helicopter carrier as big as the Imperial Navy ...