A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded ...

An Indianapolis family buried a soldier in the 1940s, believing he was theirs. DNA now confirms his remains are finally being ...

World War II veterans, some age 100 or older, gathered Friday at a Lehigh Valley ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of ...

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its WWII surrender with PM Shigeru Ishiba expressing "remorse" for the first time since ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events ...

History buffs can take in a new World War II exhibit at History Park in San Jose this Saturday while enjoying the Spirit of ...

Count Folke Bernadotte, the nephew of Sweden's King Gustav V and a colleague of Herman Allen, helped arrange a ceremony for ...

Cam Pelletier was a 23-year-old serving in the Navy in the South Pacific in August 1945 when President Harry Truman announced ...

The Aug. 30 celebration will focus on the war’s Pacific theater and Chinese-U.S. cooperation. An Aug. 20 news conference will ...

World War II fielded some of the first iconic fighter jets in military history. It also saw the arrival of some profound ...

A heartfelt commemoration took place to honor World War II veterans stationed in the Pacific, featuring guest speakers and displays of milita ...