The remains of a soldier from Maine who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II have finally been ...

Pvt. Willard D. Merrill died as a prisoner of war after he was among those captured when U.S. forces in Bataan, Philippines, surrendered to the Japanese.

The remains of two U.S. Army Air Forces soldiers killed during World War II, Sgt. R. L. Tyler and Staff Sgt. Hubert Yeary, ...

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Dover-Foxcroft soldier who died during World War II after the Imperial ...

Then 21-year-old US Army Private Willard Merrill was captured by Japanese forces in 1942 while fighting in the Philippines ...

A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima, ...

World War II veterans ... to the Japanese.” At the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima on March 29, Cram presented the flag to the grandson of that soldier.

There aren’t that many Nisei veterans that are out in the community that are still active. So for the three of them to really bond in recent times and recent years, it’s very ...

Gen. George Patton gave the Thunderbirds high praise, saying "the 45th Infantry Division is one of the best, if not the best..." ...

Prior to last year’s visit for the 80th anniversary of Guam’s Liberation Day, Wright’s previous Guam trip was as a young Marine to help liberate Guam from Japanese occupation during WWII.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on ...

Marcos Jr. and other government officials gathered to pay tribute to Filipino and American soldiers who sacrificed their lives during World War II, particularly during the Fall of Bataan and the ...