The costly victory on Saipan cost over 16,000 American casualties but provided the key to ending the war, as engineers rushed ...

As the world focused on Normandy in 1944, a less famous but equally pivotal battle was brewing for the island of Saipan, a ...

The Marines, however, modified LVTs with ramps that allowed their men to penetrate the atoll on the northwest. Moreover, the ...

As Saipan opens the 70th Cork International Film Festival, Paul Whitington meets the movie’s directors to discuss their part Greek tragedy, part fable about modern Ireland Marking the 70th anniversary ...

Most recent aircraft carriers have been named for US presidents—but this is not a hard and fast rule, and many other servicemembers and officials have also been honored.

Actor and singer-songwriter Niall McNamee tells John Blow about Leeds United, appearing in football film Saipan, his ...

Growing up on Saipan with a true love for basketball, Jericho Cruz never thought he would play professionally in the ...

Anthropologist David Vine told a full Guam Museum Theatre audience on Tuesday night that the military buildup is not the ...

The USS Hornet — an aircraft carrier that saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, ...

Arlington's namesake U.S. Navy ship has a new commanding officer. Navy Capt. Vince Libasci relieved Capt. Ian Scaliatine as ...

The 29th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival drew to a close this weekend, the end of seventeen days of film ...

Former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland midfielder Roy Keane is coming to Belfast for a night of conversation with Irish writer Roddy Doyle.