The modern history of Midway atoll includes its commercial uses and post-war reversion of a natural state resulting in its designation as a National Wildlife Refuge.

Newspaper correspondent Ernie Pyle became a national folk hero by reporting on the average soldier in World War II.

A night of horror, and the worst maritime disaster of all time.

A bridge leads to one man’s journey from war to a hopeful tomorrow.

“No greater fighting combat team has ever deployed for battle,” General Douglas McArthur noted after the war of the 158th Infantry Regiment “Bushmasters,” which was made up predominantly of Mexican Americans and members of the Pima and Navajo tribes from Arizona.