A newly released memo sheds light on Japanese Emperor Hirohito's role in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In a first letter home after his release from a Japanese POW camp, a fighter pilot thanks his family for their prayers.

To survive on Guadalcanal, a young Marine must confront war, the dead, and his own culture. 

Hope and death at a concentration camp.

The concluding "room" of FDR’s Washington, DC, memorial underscores a poignant connection to Thomas Jefferson.