More than 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II, U.S. Army Corporal Kenneth Matson was laid to rest ...

History is easy to underestimate until you realize how much of the modern world was shaped by decisions made decades ...

Fewer than fifty thousand American World War II veterans remain alive today. These veterans are the last living links to a ...

Nearly 80 years ago, Kiyoshi Tanimoto documented the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing during World War II. His manuscript ...

What if just a handful of battles truly determined the outcome of World War II? While the war stretched across years and continents, a select group of engagements had an outsized impact, shifting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bone hunter Takamatsu Gushiken looks for World War II-era remains in a cave on Okinawa. - Brad Lendon/CNN The “bone digger” slides ...

BASTOGNE, Belgium — Some of the last living American veterans of World War II on Saturday met with world leaders and many other admirers as they recounted how the Allies braved subfreezing ...

As Imperial Japanese soldiers scour the streets, a group of civilians in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing seek refuge in a small photography studio. Developing photographs taken throughout the city ...

The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...