According to archival records, only one P-40K Warhawk wrecked at the east of the reef of Eastern Island at Midway Atoll in February 1943, when the plane’s controls froze and the pilot, Lt. Ray ...

The intention was to smash the remnants of American naval power in the Pacific, and advance Japan's outer defensive perimeter more than a thousand miles further by seizing the western Aleutians, ...

On a desolate slab of island tundra on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a resident of a tiny village called Adak will again become ...

The carriers were among seven ships that went down in the Battle of Midway, a major air ... 75-year-old cold case Bodies of US WW2 troops found on Pacific island Searching for Burma's forgotten ...

World War II was one of the bloodiest conflicts that this world has ever known, with nearly 15 million military personnel and ...

Just six months after the catastrophic Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. crushed the Imperial Japanese Navy off Midway Island (about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu), sinking ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this tiny Pacific island. Midway Atoll is just about the ...

The USS Enterprise was the most decorated aircraft carrier of World War II, playing a crucial role in major Pacific battles.

World War II Days takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 29 at Midway Village on the museum campus, 6799 Guilford Rd. in Rockford. The museum’s 148-acre campus is ...