On the grounds of an elementary school in a small Philippine town, the fuse was lit on one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century while at the same time setting in motion one of the greatest ...

Do too many cooks spoil the broth? Apparently not, at least in the case of "When We Had Wings." Three authors collaborated on this historical novel about the so-called "Angels of Bataan," the Army and ...

BRAINERD, Minn. -- A 96-year-old Brainerd man is the last voice left to tell the story of his unit's part in the Bataan Death March. World War II killed half of the 64 soldiers from Brainerd's A ...

A New Mexico National Guard unit that lost half of its soldiers in the Philippines and Alaska Natives who endured the only Japanese occupation of U.S. soil in World War II may soon be honored with a ...

Japanese soldiers in the Pacific War began reporting a terrifying mystery: American riflemen seemed to fire without pause, ...

The remains of a missing World War II soldier from Oregon have been identified and are set to return to the state for burial, federal authorities announced Thursday. The remains of U.S. Army Private ...

Jean Kennedy Schmidt, 88, one of the last survivors of the "Angels of Bataan," the U.S. military nurses who were Japanese prisoners of war for nearly three years during World War II, died March 3 at ...

World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...

Defense Department researchers have identified the remains of a 28-year-old Army private who was captured and died as a Prisoner of War during World War II. Pvt. Leroy M. Slenker, 28, of El Segundo, ...

It’s almost beyond belief. How does someone make it through the worst of two wars only to be gunned down on the streets of home for the few bucks in his pocket? It’s been 40 years since the murder of ...