Eleven months after witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor, Harold Ward stood watch aboard the USS San Francisco as the heavy cruiser "steamed right into a mess." 

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

We are forever grateful for his service to his country, his lifelong embodiment of the America spirit, and his support of our mission. 

Liberated American POWs relate their experiences in the aftermath at Nagasaki.

The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Submarine Experience: Part Two.

A sweeping view of World War II opens with the war's impact on one California family.  

The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Submarine Experience: Part One. 

The first American war correspondent to visit Nagasaki after the atomic bomb witnesses the randomness of fate. 

Japan and the postwar occupation.

Author Keith Lowe examines the legacies of the global conflict that shaped our modern world. 

Only the film With the Marines at Tarawa can convey the struggle and sacrifice of the Marines on the Pacific atoll.

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