A Marine Raider from Cincinnati, missing since a WWII firefight in 1943, was recently identified through DNA analysis.

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 ...

A historian will lecture on the Battle of Peleliu, where US Marines suffered their largest number of casualties in WWII.

A new book from an Upstate South Carolina author is taking a closer look at an often-forgotten battle from World War II.

The Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield, Missouri, will host a World War II Day on Saturday, March 21.

In the winter of World War II, Germany unleashed its most powerful tanks in a final attempt to break the Allied advance. Led by elite Waffen-SS units and commanders like Joachim Peiper, the offensive ...

As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.

Historic submarines are surprisingly similar to those deployed by today's Navy and can provide an unprecedented look into modern combat at sea.

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 ...