As America marks Veterans Day, think back to 80 years ago. It is just after the devastating December 7, 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that thrust the United States into World War II.

Prelude to War (1942) is an educational war-drama film. Directed by Frank Capra, the film attempts to explain to the American soldiers the main reason for fighting in the infamous World War II in the ...

The Battle of the Eastern Solomons, fought on August 24-25, 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign, was a crucial carrier ...

Cries of “Merry Christmas” and “Season’s greetings” probably sounded hollow 80 years ago here in Wyoming Valley. The United States had been in World War II for a full year. Not only were volunteers ...

More Rochester High School students than usual were late for the start of classes on the morning of Feb. 9, 1942. They sheepishly lined up at the school office to get passes that would allow them to ...

A crowd will gather Saturday at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Will County around a bronze statue depicting a 1940s workman wearing a hard hat and carrying a lunchbox. Plainly dressed, the grim ...

The remains of a U.S. soldier who died more than 80 years ago in a Japanese prisoner of war camp have been identified, the military said on Monday. Army Pfc. Arthur L. Pierce, 26, of Malden, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Helena Pagano's great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of war ...

Back in 1942 the United States was experiencing its first year as a combatant in the Second World War. Having joined the fight in December 1941, it quickly diverted all the resources that were not ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Frontline 1942: Battles of the World War 2 Immerse yourself in the times of World War II and become a real hero! Shoot, capture, win – the path to glory is ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Wars Across the World: Burma 1942 Burma 1942 is the recreation of the Japanese onslaught against Burma in the first months of 1942. Four Japanese divisions, ...